It is a little over three years since I first heard of Christian Science, and had the privilege of attending a Christian Science service for the first time. During this period I have had numerous opportunities of proving to my entire satisfaction the efficacy of Christian Science treatment to meet and master each and all of the many phases of error which try to manifest themselves from time to time, and my interest, awakened at the first experience, has gradually broadened and extended as each successive claim has been overcome by Truth, until now my sense of gratitude is inexpressible.
My first personal experience of the power of God to heal, was in the demonstration of the nothingness of a cold, a small thing it may seem, yet with great meaning to me, bringing a realization of the ever-presence of a God of Love,—God, whose very existence I had doubted. Next in order came the demonstration over the tobacco habit, rheumatism, grip, abdominal cramps, chills, and numerous minor troubles, each in turn overcome by Christian Science treatment. My sister was healed of typhoid fever in less than a week without material aid, and a claim of pneumonia destroyed for my brother while twelve hundred miles from the demonstrator, proving to me conclusively that distance is not a barrier to divine Mind.
It was the alarming and critical condition of my mother that first led us to Christian Science. In her case, as in a large percentage of Christian Science cases, materia medica was absolutely powerless and so confessed.
