That Christ-Truth holds the key to wealth, has been so abundantly made manifest to me of late, I cannot refrain from giving it expression through the columns of our treasured Journal, in the hope that if there are others who, like myself, are stumbling over earth's stupid unrest, it may enable them to catch a glimpse of the true wealth, as it has been revealed to me through the reading of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy.
After a succession of business disasters, Christian Science found me physically disqualified, and with a frame of mind bordering on chaos. I had a severe claim of poverty, and did not feel that I could afford to purchase Science and Health although at a moment's notice I could have raised many times its price. I had no sooner demonstrated over that claim, than I was confronted with another. I had the price of the "little book" laid aside, but I was so blinded by mortal avarice, I felt I could not take the time to make the purchase, but was the while trying to open Christian Science' inner door without the key. Although my efforts were futile, a reward for perseverance came to me from an unexpected quarter. A friend in Science inquired of me if I had purchased Science and Health. I answered in the negative, and added that the money was ready, but I could not take the necessary time from my work to make the purchase, to which she replied, "I presume I could get it for you, but I will not,—you must do that yourself." Doubt less, her refusal was the offspring of Scientific Principle, for I was instantaneously healed of that claim, and I at once took steps to procure Science and Health.
It is not my purpose at this time to acquaint the readers of the Journal with the struggle that followed, through the confusion of a blind misunderstanding, but rather, of the wealth that has come to me, through the reading of that "little book," which mortal mind could not find time to buy, but which I have since learned is worth taking a long journey to procure. Christian Science affected me like a shower bath on a sultry summer's day. The refreshing waters renewed my entire self. In other words, I no sooner changed the current of my thought than physical improvement began to manifest itself, and claim after claim disappeared. What I mistook for gathering clouds proved to be the dawn of a new and brighter day. for there was a "chemicalization." After which the good work went on uninterrupted, until a "demon" of life-long acquaintance fled before the light of Truth, never again to return; for a sentinel with scientific understanding has been placed to guard the outer gates.
