A copy of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy was handed...

Marie Knizek

A copy of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy was handed to me and I was asked to return the book to the Christian Science Reading Room. Merely through curiosity I glanced through the book and read parts of it here and there. I became interested and started at the beginning, and a beautiful new world was revealed to me.

At that time I was going to a doctor every day; an eye, ear, and nose specialist one day, and a regular physician the next. I was having much difficulty with my ears, and the doctor said I had a very bad ear, as the eardrum was pulled out of place, and that eventually I should be deaf in this ear. The ear trouble was very painful and I had difficulty in hearing, especially over the telephone. I was anemic, and also was supposed to have gallstones. The latter trouble was very severe, and when I had these attacks the doctor would stay with me several hours at a time. He would give me a hypodermic, then wait until the effect wore off and give me another. I was to go to a clinic for a complete medical examination, because the doctor said I should have to have an operation.

However, from the very first day I began to read Science and Health, I did not go back to either doctor. I was sure that here was the truth, and felt that I was in the very presence of the healing Christ. It was a glorious experience; my physical difficulties vanished. I also left off wearing glasses and have worked in an office ever since, and do not have any trouble with my eyes or ears. At the time of my healing I knew but one Christian Scientist, who had been reading Science literature for only about six months before I started.

Some years later I had several attacks of the trouble caused by gallstones, and in reading and studying with the Concordances I found where Mrs. Eddy speaks of "picking away the cold, hard pebbles of selfishness" (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 343). I was shocked, and thought, Surely I cannot be so selfish. But I began to realize that in so far as I thought of myself I was being selfish. This entirely destroyed the trouble, and also the great fear of and memory of the pain.

While picking fruit late one evening, I stepped into a yellow jackets' nest under the trees, and immediately the wasps were all over me. As I rushed away from the tree and felt myself being stung on the face, I thought, I will not be able to go to work, because when I had been stung before by one wasp I had had a great deal of difficulty with swelling and discoloration. But the thought came to me that in God's infinitude of Love there could not be anything so malicious. The wasps just seemed to drop from me, and I was able to return and finish picking what fruit we needed. We were about twenty miles from home, and on the way we made several calls. There was no evidence of what I had been through, and I was able to go to work the following morning entirely free. This was a wonderful proof to me of God's nearness and dearness.

I have no words with which to express my great gratitude for the wonderful experience of class instruction. I had such a sense of security, of coming home and being with my own. The only regret I had was that this wonderful experience could come but once. But I have found since that the work in connection with our Association meetings is very satisfying, refreshing, and fruitful. I am also grateful that when the time came for me to have class instruction some special work came to me which supplied every need abundantly. Truly, Christian Science has brought to me a realization that God is the "Adorable One" (Science and Health, p. 16).

(Miss) Marie Knizek, Chehalis, Washington.

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