I will say that before coming into the understanding of Science, I was not whole in any part. I had toothache almost continuously from my childhood; spells of neuralgia lasting a week or two, about every three or four months, for many years; dyspepsia that seemed to impede the action of the heart, causing excruciating pains, but the worst of all was the belief of kidney complaint, running for a period of twenty-five years, until it had reached Bright s disease in its most aggravated stage. Then my eyesight failed, and I had to use glasses.
It is needless to go into detail concerning help sought, and failures of doctors, patent medicines, and home remedies. Several times I was raised, as if by a miracle, from what seemed to be a bed of death. All these dreary years I never failed to say "Thy will be done;" although it was generally like stabbing me to the heart, my fear was so great that it might mean the removal of myself or one of my family. At this juncture, nearly six years ago, I first heard of Christian Science. I had never heard a word spoken on the subject, but I had the healer's card given me, and thought, I will try this; it may do me some good.
On applying I was much surprised to find there was no medicine to be taken. I asked how the work was done, and was told it was done by the same rule Jesus used. It is needless to say I doubted. Nevertheless, I took a treatment, and my first desire was for one night's rest; such a luxury I had not had for thirteen years. That night I slept. After taking a few treatments, and feeling much better, and finding the method was public, and free for all to learn, I ordered a book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," for myself. I have not taken a drop of medicine from that day. Now I am freer from ache or pain than I ever was in all my life before: and can truthfully say I do not feel my age as much as I did at twenty.
