Often one searches far off for that which is close at hand

Bruno Speelmeyer

Often one searches far off for that which is close at hand. The Bible to me was a completely unknown book in my early years. I have always been a fervent reader in all areas, and indirectly, through Oriental philosophies, I started reading the Bible.

One day I walked by the edifice of the local Christian Science Society, on a street which I usually never take. A box with Christian Science literature was fastened to a windowsill. I had never heard of Christian Science, and I was unacquainted with the name Mary Baker Eddy. I took some periodicals home with me. The texts I read appeared very abstract, and though something appealed to me, the new language seemed at first difficult to understand.

I then decided to go to this Society and buy the textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mrs. Eddy. The first Bible Lesson I studied in the Christian Science Quarterly was on the subject "Life." I felt as if it had been especially prepared for me. It made such a deep impression that I was instantaneously healed of lifelong ailments. Mrs. Eddy writes in Science and Health (p. 411), "If Spirit or the power of divine Love bear witness to the truth, this is the ultimatum, the scientific way, and the healing is instantaneous." Where before the human will had failed over and over again, the divine power has freed me from slavery to nail-biting and a tormenting fear of accidents.