A little over two years ago (in belief) I was a poor, sick, miserable atheist. I never felt satisfied with my unbelief, and continually sought for something beyond my reach. Although brought up by orthodox parents, with family prayers night and morning, I had a feeling that I was not working out my soul's salvation, that there was something we had not found, and I never ceased seeking for that something. I attended all the different churches, and all religious lectures, and read everything, and found nothing that would bear sifting. Most of the time during these twenty-seven years I was physically miserable. I will not enumerate the long number of beliefs that held me in bondage, for I dislike to think of them. My present state in comparison with the former, is like being freed from prison. I cannot express my gratitude, as time passes on, and I can say each day that I am entirely and perfectly well, and, more than all, perfectly satisfied with the Truth. I have at last found, and found it will bear sifting. If I am sick, I know my remedy is here. Is it not satisfying to know that God's laws are perfect and harmonious, and that nothing can defeat or destroy them that God is all and that evil has no power other than what we give it; to know that sin, sickness, and death, can be utterly destroyed, with God-given power? Is it not good to know that we can live, move, have our being in Love, Truth, and Life, if we will only abide by the laws of Love, and live in the one Mind? "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High, abideth under the shadow of the Almighty."
I can truly say, "This is the way I long have sought, and mourned because I found it not."
I beg and beseech of all to sift this Truth, for it will bear sifting, and can never be destroyed. Words fail to express the gratitude I shall ever feel toward the Founder of Christian Science. —
