When I married my husband, my religion was different from his, and he had stopped going to church when he was twenty. The result was that I stopped going to the church I had been brought up in.

When our daughter was four, I found myself with a strong desire to have her learn of God. At that point I had not attended church for five years. I had a friend who attended a Church of Christ, Scientist, although she never spoke of Christian Science to me. I knew nothing of this teaching. Yet I felt that my friend had such a loving nature, the God she knew must be the God that would be good for our daughter.

There was a Christian Science Society not far from our home. I took our little daughter there and asked if she would be accepted as a pupil in the Sunday School. The superintendent was a very nice person. When I enquired as to what time I should come back for the child, she asked if I would like to attend the Sunday service.

I had gone early so that I would be there before the people arrived for the service. But I felt it would be rude if I said I didn't want to go into the church. So I went in. When I sat down, the most wonderful feeling came over me. It was as though I were surrounded by a love and goodness I had never felt before. From that time on, I felt such a desire to continue learning of this new teaching that I kept attending the services.

At the second Wednesday testimony meeting I attended, I had a wonderful experience. From childhood I had suffered with chilblains. As I grew up, I had corns on my toes and the soles of my feet. My husband used to treat the corns to give me relief in walking, but there seemed to be nothing I could do about the chilblains. At this testimony meeting my feet began to itch, and I felt I would have to leave before the meeting started. Just as I was about to do so, the First Reader came to the desk; I felt I should not walk out then.

When the passages from the Bible were being read, they included this verse from Hebrews, which I had never read before: "The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." I became so engrossed in what I was hearing that I was conscious only of being deeply inspired; I enjoyed the meeting very much.

About a week later my husband enquired why I hadn't asked him to help me with my corns that week. I just looked at him and said, "You know, I don't think I've got corns or chilblains anymore." He replied, "Don't be daft." I took off my shoes and stockings and could hardly believe it. My feet and legs were of normal coloring and size; the corns and chilblains were entirely gone. Although my husband never became interested in Christian Science, that healing made a lasting impression on him.

Less than six months after I began attending the Christian Science Society, I was healed of bronchitis, which I had had all my life. At the same time, our daughter was healed of a cough she had had since babyhood. I am most sincerely grateful for the many other healings we have had through this wonderful Science.

As we read is Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings."

Agnes Spiers
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England