It has been nearly five years since my husband and myself began to investigate Christian Science. At first we ridiculed it, but that was because of our ignorance of the good it contained.
My aunt was the first in our neighborhood to take treatment. I knew she was badly afflicted, and had tried many material remedies, and to mortal sense she was growing worse all the time, when Christian Science came to her aid. The first time I met her after she had taken treatment I could see that she looked better, and she told me that she had felt better ever since the hour she began the treatment. I knew that I could rely on every word she said. Common-sense told me it was something more than mere fiction that could work with such power as that. I was a strong believer in prayer, and went to God for help with every little affliction; but I was never permanently healed of any disease, because I always carried my drugs and my fear along with me, not knowing that I was hindering the good that I wished to accomplish.
The first disease I took treatment for was a breaking out on my face. I thought if it didn't do me any good it would do me no harm, for my face was gradually getting worse anyhow. I had other troubles that bothered me more than my face, and they were the first to be healed. I had been wearing smoked glasses three years in bright sunshine or snowy weather. I had been nearly blind with neuralgia in my eyes, and I thought the light gave me the headache; but I have had them on only twice, a little while, since I began to investigate Christian Science.
