I have long felt a desire to express my gratitude for and appreciation of Christian Science; but because I had no particularly startling demonstrations to relate, I remained silent. However, being out to-day with some ladies who are not Scientists, I saw and heard such expressions of weariness and fatigue over a few hours spent in the art galleries, that I returned to my home rejoicing in my understanding of Science, and prepared to study the Sunday lesson. Upon opening the Quarterly, I found that the lesson for the next Sunday commanded us so plainly to "Give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people," that I immediately took up my pen to write down some of the blessings Christian Science had brought me. I never could write all. Seven years ago I suffered for one year most terribly with blood poisoning. Many physicians attended me without any permanent benefit. The last one sent me to a sanitarium. I could not stay there and returned home disgusted with what I had seen and been through, when a Christian Scientist came and talked to me and loaned me her book for a few hours each day. I saw it was a good book and purchased one for myself and was perfectly healed by the reading of it. Old claims of long standing disappeared with the blood poison. I had been ill much of my life, and was particularly subject to throat difficulties,—diphtheria, etc. I am in perfect health to-day and have been for six years. The relief from the load of fear I had dragged through life is beyond description, and the spiritual uplifting is even greater than the physical healing. My healing was speedy. I was enabled to demonstrate for myself by following Mrs. Eddy's book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." I thank God for His greatest of blessings,—Christian Science.
Chicago, III.
