At one time, whenever I went to the seashore, I broke out in a rash. Invariably, I would have to stay in the shade. Salves and ointments were not effective in curing the condition. Eventually, I began a renewed, earnest study of Christian Science. When the next beach holiday came along, I wanted to solve the problem with Christian Science.

After exposure to the sun for several days, the rash condition again appeared on my hands and legs. At home I studied the biblical account of spiritual creation in the first chapter of Genesis, as well as passages in Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy in the chapter "Genesis." I learned that God's creation is totally spiritual and unfolds as His spiritual ideas. Man is the image of God. No material belief could blemish my true identity as the image of Mind.

In my prayer I saw that I could only be exposed to God's law of love. This spiritual fact, realized, replaced the false belief that I could suffer from exposure to a false law of mortal mind. God, Truth, was a shield to insulate me from the belief that matter had intelligence or could injure me.

These spiritual truths poured into my thirsty thought. I felt the sweet healing balm of the Christ. Soon the rash disappeared from my hands and legs. Aggressive suggestion argued that it would return, but I stood my ground, firm in the clear realization of spiritual facts that had come to me. In my many trips to the beach since, the skin condition has not recurred. I have been completely healed, proving, as the Psalmist said (Ps. 121:6), "the sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night."

The thrilling thing in my study of Christian Science is the challenge to spiritualize every aspect of my life. I have yet much to learn. But the redemptive, regenerative power of the Christ, Truth, has changed my whole way of living. I was redeemed from an attraction to shallow materialism, heavy drinking, and smoking. I now have a desire to strive to be more unselfish, and to serve God by serving humanity.

Another healing caused me to grow in the understanding of divine metaphysics. One of my thumbs became infected, and after a time frightening symptoms appeared on my upper arm. My family was afraid I had blood poisoning. I also became afraid and realized I needed to wholeheartedly apply Christian Science for healing. It was the first time I was to apply it on my own.

I asked God what I should do. I was prompted to look up the word "hands." My mother showed me how to find references in Concordances to the Bible and Science and Health. In Science and Health I found this statement about a Bible reference to "hands" (p. 38): "Here the word hands is used metaphorically, as in the text, 'The right hand of the Lord is exalted.' It expresses spiritual power; otherwise the healing could not have been done spiritually." As I read and pondered these truths, I glimpsed that "hand" is something besides matter. Heretofore, I had only believed in the reality of the physical senses. Now I began to look beyond the material evidence into divine metaphysics. "The right hand of the Lord" signifying God's spiritual power became a reality to me.

I was aware that God's spiritual power was far greater than my frightened view of a material hand and its infected thumb. As the spiritual sense of God's power became exalted in my thought, the material view became less frightening. I felt peace and calm. Truly "the right hand of the Lord" was being exalted. I went to sleep feeling happy and close to God. During the night the infection passed off naturally, and in the morning my thumb was normal.

This healing was the beginning of a life of striving to look beyond matter into spiritual reality. The power of scientific metaphysics as taught in Christian Science has made this striving thrilling and glorious.

(Mrs.) Jean Hill Moorman
St. Paul, Minnesota