ood in the social circles. He has
for a long time been interested, but his wife has declared it could not
heal, and was not Christian. She will now be obliged to acknowledge this
healing, for the lady above referred to has been, to sense, a great
sufferer.--P. J. L.

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Some of the experiences given in the _Journal_ have been so helpful to me,
I have been moved to give to its readers a little experience of my own,
which occurred when I first began the study of "Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures."

I had already been healed of sick headache, almost instantly, by declaring
that I was God's child, and, as God is perfect, His child must be perfect
also. This had given me great happiness, and a quiet, peaceful state of
mind I never had known before. My family did not seem to see anything good
in Christian Science, but to me it was sacred.

One Monday morning, I awoke feeling very ill indeed. The morning was warm
and sultry. I thought I certainly could not wash that day; but when I went
downstairs, I found my daughter had made preparations for such work. I
thought, "Well, if she feels like washing, I will not say anything;
perhaps I shall get over this." After breakfast I went about my work,
thinking I could lean against the tub and wash with more ease than I could
do up the morning work. I tried to treat myself as I had done
before,--tried to realize that "all is Mind, there is no matter;" that "God
is All, there is nothing beside Him," but all to no purpose. I seemed to
grow worse all the time. I did not want my family to know how badly I was
feeling, and it was very humiliating to think that I must give up and go
to bed.

All at once these questions came to me, as though spoken by some one,
taking me away from my line of thought entirely: How is God an
ever-present help? How does He know our earnest desires? Then, without
waiting for me to think how, the answer came in the same way, God is
conscious Mind. Instantly the thoughts came: Is God conscious of me? Can I
be conscious of Him? I was healed instantly: every bad feeling was
destroyed. I could see that the morning had not changed a particle, but I
was oblivious of the weather. It did not seem that I had anything more to
do with that washing. It was finished in good season, while I was "absent
from the body, and present with the Lord."

That was the beginning of the battle with sin and self, but at