In Isaiah 45:5 we read, "I girded...

Anna E. Wilson

In Isaiah 45:5 we read, "I girded thee, though thou hast not known me," and in Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy (p. 494), "Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need."

Many years ago the above citations were called to my attention when I was becoming a victim of tuberculosis. I had been told by several doctors that I must live in a high, dry climate, and for a while my living in such a climate seemed to help. Later on, however, when I was working in an office in Chicago, under much strain, the symptoms were aggravated. At this time I was led by a friend to study Christian Science. I had help from a practitioner, who explained to me that God is Life and not subject to sin, disease, or death. I studied the Lesson-Sermons in the Christian Science Quarterly, soon bought my own books, and within a year made application for membership in a branch church. The following year I joined The Mother Church and within five years had class instruction.

Later on it became necessary for me to have a medical examination and an X ray of my chest. The doctor said, "You have scars of tuberculosis, but nothing active." I told this to a practitioner, who said, "Well, that is good; scars are a proof of healing."

For some time the truth of the statement made by Mrs. Eddy on page 207 of Science and Health has been very clear to me: "There is but one primal cause. Therefore there can be no effect from any other cause, and there can be no reality in aught which does not proceed from this great and only cause." I have always been able to prove this truth when I have applied it properly.

I had an instantaneous healing of severe headaches, from which I suffered periodically. I called on a practitioner for help, and she asked me if I did not know that God made man in His own image and likeness. I grasped this truth of being and never had any further trouble.

After reading "The Life of Mary Baker Eddy" by Sibyl Wilbur and other authorized books about Mrs. Eddy's work, I am unceasingly grateful to her for her tireless effort, under so much opposition, to give to the world her most valued discovery. —(Mrs.) Anna E. Wilson, Sioux City, Iowa.

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