Dear Journal: I feel that I can not longer delay adding my testimony to the list of those who were once sufferers, but are now healed through the blessed teachings of Christian Science. From childhood I was more or less an invalid, and a slave to medicine, seeking rest, yet never finding it. Last March, for the first time, I heard of Christian Science, and the cures of Dr. Fluno of Lexington, Kentucky. At this time I was in despair, having tried, as a last resort, a specialist, of whom I took treatment for several months. Catarrh had developed a very serious affection of my left lung, and indeed had affected my whole system, until I was a fair type of the consumptive class,—a miserable sufferer, anxious to live if it were God's will, but knowing I could not live without relief. Life was truly a burden, when I called on Dr. Fluno. Listening to his godly conversation I was refreshed, and felt that I had indeed found an oasis in the desert.
From the first treatment I was perceptibly benefited. After a short course of visits I felt like a new person. I had been compelled to observe the strictest diet. Coffee, my favorite beverage, was considered almost a poison, it was so injurious. After the first treatment in Science I ate supper heartily, indulging in coffee and other things from which I had long abstained. Following Dr. Fluno's directions, "Take no thought for the body," I felt indeed free. I could walk and not be weary. It is indeed wonderful that I have been so graciously relieved, and I feel like exclaiming with the Psalmist: "My cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." We welcome the Journal each month, and treasure Science and Health as a household blessing.
