I Never heard of Christian Science until July, 1894. I was given a few tracts and a Journal, and through reading them I knew I had found the Truth which I had been seaching for in the Roman Catholic church (for I was brought up a strict Romanist), and in the Presbyterian church which I had joined in 1890.
As soon as I could, I sent to Boston for a copy of Science and Health and began to study it.
From my childhood I had suffered greatly with my eyes, and when about six years old, was blind for about a fortnight. The oculists had said that towards ten years of age, my eyes would be better, and they improved about that time, but I never had good sight. When about twenty my eyes began to trouble me a great deal; I saw oculists in London, in Wiesbaden (Germany), and a specialist in New York, who told me that if I did not take good care, etc., I would become blind. Of course, I was very much frightened, for I had to earn my living and if I lost my sight, what would become of me!
