Shortly before my introduction...

Anita Arnold Adler

Shortly before my introduction to Christian Science, I was smitten with a severe skin disease which covered my entire face, scalp, and body. Upon consulting one of the leading dermatologists in New York City, I was told that I could never be healed and that I should expect to have the disease for the rest of my life. However, this specialist said he would prescribe treatments which might alleviate the condition. Many forms of treatment were tried over a long period of time, but none of them healed the condition; in fact, sometimes it grew worse.

Not only was my appearance distressing, but I was mentally depressed, for there seemed to be no hope.

At about this time I was introduced to Christian Science, and I began to read the textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, and to study the Lesson-Sermon, provided in the Christian Science Quarterly. I saw that Science is the truth and that matter is not to be relied upon as a healing aid. I knew that Truth would manifest itself naturally. As a result I was at once healed of chronic constipation, which had persisted from babyhood.

On other occasions, healings of severe toothache, influenza, colds, a sore throat, and many other ailments occurred; but the skin condition persisted. However, the very fact that I now had Christian Science to rely upon made a difference in my mental attitude. I knew I would be healed, and in this attitude of expectancy I was able to conduct my life normally (and, incidentally, to meet with fortitude the thoughtless, unkind comments about my appearance). In the meantime I studied Science and worked out other problems, all of which yielded to the truth permanently.

The skin cleared up little by little, and I had resumed the use of many things, such as makeup, which had been forbidden by doctors. I knew that all restrictions must eventually be overcome. After much work with devoted practitioners, over a period of about ten years, the disease entirely disappeared, leaving absolutely no traces.

It was not apparent to me then, but I now realize that each one of the Christian Science treatments I had was necessary to break the hold of this condition and that every moment of struggle to overcome it blessed me immeasurably, for it caused me to turn further away from matter. I cannot say that there was any one truth which helped me in particular. There was a message of salvation wherever I turned in the Bible and in Mrs. Eddy's writings. The condition apparently disappeared in proportion as truth became evident in my thinking. It was a general spiritualization of thought which manifested itself outwardly in healing.

Although I had had many years of attendance in a Protestant Sunday School, there remained a long list of unanswered questions about God the works of Jesus, and life itself; but Christian Science, with its clear logical explanations, has been able to answer them all and with truths which are always provable.

I am grateful for Christ Jesus and for Mrs. Eddy, who has given us the revelation of Science in a demonstrable form; for class instruction, which further clarified Science and showed how God s law may be applied to every situation; and for God's guidance of my steps to Christian Science. —(Mrs.) Anita Arnold Adler, New York, New York.

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