Three years ago I sustained a very great loss; so severe...

Gwladys E. Cosens with contributions from Seneca

Three years ago I sustained a very great loss; so severe was it that there seemed to be nothing further for which to live. I had been interested in Christian Science for a couple of years and had applied it in a desultory fashion to the problem that was facing me; but, as I now see, I was relying entirely upon persons and not upon God. In consequence, when the blow fell I was attacked by the most insidious argument of mortal mind, namely, that I had tried Christian Science and that it had failed. In spite of all the loving help given me by friends in Science, my books were put away and I sank deeper into despair.

But if we have even so much as touched the truth, divine Love will not leave us comfortless. One day when shopping in a big store I met one who was the merest acquaintance, thought I knew her to be a Christian Scientist. She had not heard of my loss and came up to inquire how things were going with us. For some reason, to me then unknown, I poured out to this all but stranger the whole of my bitterness and misery. And then came the comforting words I had so longed and sought for. Here was the messenger. The healing message of divine Life, Truth, and Love was reaching me through this almost unknown channel, as I stood in that great store surrounded by busy shoppers. When we parted I went on my way, having caught the first faint glimmer of the wonder of Life.

I went again and again to receive more of that comforting message. The healing was slow, but gradually I was freed from the mesmerism of the thought of death by a growing understanding of Life — of man and the universe embraced in the one intelligence, the "I AM." I began to realize that there could be no separation in Mind; that "coming and going belong to mortal consciousness," as Mrs. Eddy says on page 61 of "Unity of Good."

I am most grateful for the wonderful daily protection which we receive through Christian Science. I have had many physical healings, among them the healing of influenza, nasal catarrh, and skin trouble; I have also been much helped in various daily problems. I must also express my deep appreciation of the Christian Science Sunday School, where the children obtain such a clear understanding of the truth and are taught to have such freedom of outlook. It is with an ever increasing veneration and gratitude that I contemplate our Leader's unselfed life, and the clear and uplifted vision that enabled her to give to the world anew the wonderful truth of the healing Christ.

(Mrs.) Gwladys E. Cosens, London, England.

We are members of one great body. Nature planted in us a mutual love, and fitted us for a social life. We must consider that we were born for the good of the whole.

Seneca

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