Health gained. Lack overcome. God proved the source of good

Valeska Drexel

Like Paul, I too can say (Phil. 4:4), "Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice." Christian Science has indeed been to me the Comforter and has brought into my experience the joyous privilege of helping others to find this Comforter.

As a child I had the blessed opportunity of attending a Christian Science Sunday School. But latter, like the prodigal son, I too turned from my Father-Mother God and for a number of years drifted in the far country of mortal mind. Although I was sick and unhappy, it had not occurred to me to turn to Christian Science for help; nevertheless I was desious of having my daughter attend a Christian Science Sunday School. One Sunday morning when she was about two, I registered her in a branch church Sunday School. I had no intention of attending the church service, but a still, small voice said, You have nothing else to do while waiting for the child; why not attend the church service? I shall never forget the wonder of that moment. As I entered the church, I knew that at last I had come home again.

Through the application of the spiritual law of Christian Science I have found inspiration, health, harmony, usefulness, and "the peace of God, which passeth all understanding" (Phil. 4:7). I have had many physical healings, including those of ptomaine poisoning, headaches, insomnia, sunburned feet, low blood pressure, chronic fatigue, anemia, and colds, and an instantaneous healing of influenza. I am grateful to be learning that God is the source of all good. Mrs. Eddy says of man (Science and Health, p. 475), "He is the compound idea of God, including all right ideas." Therefore I am learning that man includes within his consciousness the perfect idea of supply, employment, home, love, and companionship and does not have to search for them without.

I should also like to express gratitude for the privilege of class instruction. Like many other students of Christian Science I looked forward with joyous anticipation to this progressive step, but there were difficulties to be overcome. I endeavored to think of each one as an entrance examination which must be solved through spiritual understanding to fit me for this wonderful feast of Soul. After carefully studying Mrs. Eddy's comment on class teaching as reported by Mr. Adam Dickey in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" (p. 241), "Students who are ready for this step should beware the net that is craftily laid and cunningly concealed to prevent their advancement in this direction," I determined to be alert, and each obstacle that presented itself I saw as a challenge to prove the power of Truth.

With my realization of God as the source of all supply, a way opened for me to earn my tuition. But until a week before I was to go away, I had not found anyone to take care of my daughter. Although I had written to several camps, none of them were opening until a later date. I was confident, however, that "Love inspires, illumines, designates, and leads the way" (Science and Health, p. 454). One morning after answering a telephone call not intended for me, I was about to hang up the receiver, but instead I mentioned to the stranger on the line that I was looking for a girl's camp. This person knew of a camp which would be opened at the desired time; thus my daughter was beautifully cared for, and I entered class humble and joyful before these proofs of God's loving fulfillment of right desire.

For the vision, courage, and unselfishness our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, and for membership in The Mother Church and in a branch church, I am unceasingly grateful. My fervent prayer is to grow in grace, serve the Cause, and be worthy of that most beautiful of names, "Christian Scientist."—(Mrs.) Valeska Drexel, Ardmore, Pennsylvania.

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