Mrs. Eddy writes in Science and Health (p. 494), "Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need." I would like to tell of one experience I had when the above statement proved so helpful.

For some years I had a physical problem that made being on my feet rather difficult, and so I spent most of my days resting. In 1963, my mother passed on suddenly and unexpectedly. There was no one to care for my father and me and our large house, so with divine Love as my prop I took over. I just had to trust in God for my strength and guidance, as I had never been taught to do a thing in the home.

Shortly after this my father became ill. He was strongly opposed to Christian Science and what he thought it stood for. So until he passed on three and one half years later, he was under the care of a doctor and could never be left. During this time many difficulties were overcome, such as lack of help in the home, my father's difficult disposition, and loss of rest through nursing my father, sometimes day and night for three or four nights at a time.

It was truly wonderful how Love supported me and helped me face each new day. However, a great sense of responsibility began to lie heavily on my thought, with the result that I began to find getting around more and more difficult until I just had to stay in bed, as dermatitis manifested itself all over the body, causing a great deal of discomfort. I had the loving support of a Christian Science practitioner and of a Christian Science nurse, and this condition was soon healed. During the period when I was unable to be about, our needs were beautifully cared for by friends and others who came to our home and prepared meals for my father and me.

A hymn that helped me greatly was No. 291 from the Christian Science Hymnal, which begins: "Quiet, Lord, my froward heart." The last two lines of the second verse take all feeling of responsibility off oneself:

It would be impossible to find words to express my gratitude for this experience and all that I learned from it and also for many other healings I have had through the application of Christian Science. I also owe a great debt of gratitude to the practitioner for her never-failing encouragement and to the nurse for her care.

Christian Science meets our every need, and we have the answer to any and every problem in our textbook, Science and Health.

This testimony would not be complete without a word of deepest gratitude for the wonderful provision of home that has given me happy companionship, comfort, peace, and great harmony.

It is a privilege to be a member of The Mother Church and a branch church and to have had class instruction. My heart overflows with gratitude for Christian Science, and I humbly but sincerely say, "Thank You, Father, for all these blessings."

(Miss) Renee F. K. Vine
Harrogate, Yorkshire, England

Among my blessings I count first the privilege of attendance in a Christian Science Sunday School, where the concepts of an all-loving God, Spirit, and of perfect immortal man as His image were so firmly established and demonstrated as to ensure proper progress.

Some sixteen years ago I experienced a healing that lifted me from the depth of extreme exhaustion and nervous prostration to complete freedom and activity. This was accomplished without missing a day at my place of employment. My thought had become so occupied with fear that the contemplation of each new day brought only dread. With diligent study of the Lesson-Sermons from the Christian Science Quarterly, it was gradually possible for me to start every day with the statement, "This is the day which the Lord hath made; [I] will rejoice and be glad in it" (Ps. 118:24).

As my life became one of giving gratitude to God for each manifestation of activity, strength, and wisdom, these ideas replaced fear, worry, and fatigue. The healing came slowly, but it was thorough and complete. The healing resulted from an increased expression on my part of gratitude, patience, steadfastness, and dedication. My faith became firm in understanding, and with this step my health was restored.

When my husband passed on, the healing of grief came beautifully as the eternality of Life and of God's kingdom was affirmed. Thoughts of separation and loss were overcome almost immediately when a Christian Science practitioner made the declaration, "No good can be taken away." This fact has brought peace many times since. I have been able to face added responsibilities in the home by realizing that, through God, all our needs are supplied. Approaching each problem in this way, I have always had the necessary assistance.

I have found, in a new teaching assignment, that the challenge of working with young teen-agers is most gratifying. It is interesting to see them respond to Principle. They frequently voice God's laws themselves, not realizing that God is the source of inspiration for them. They choose discipline instead of laxity, realizing that it ensures the most benefit for all. It is a joy to see divine Love in operation among these young people of mixed races and different social classes. This witnessing to Mind's presence has come about through my constant affirmation that my day is God's day and answers to all questions are continually at hand in divine Mind. I am humbly grateful to be in this position, doing God's work in His way.

My gratitude is unbounded to our Father-Mother God, for Christ Jesus, our Way-shower, for Mrs. Eddy, for Mother Church membership, and for class instruction.

(Mrs.) Virginia J. Burks
Chicago, Illinois