Several years ago, just as I had taken up the study of Christian Science, we moved into the jail residence, Mr. M. having been elected sheriff. At first we had a great many prisoners coming and going. We immediately put Science and Health into the jail, also the Bible, Quarterly, and copies of our Journal and Sentinel. A great many of the inmates have enjoyed the reading, some of them have read Science and Health through. The seed has been sown and will surely bear fruit. Not one has gone away without having Science presented to him in some way. One man was so deeply interested in Science and Health that he thought it no punishment to be in jail. When his case came up for trial he was acquitted. He took the book home with him and went away rejoicing. I have noticed with great joy that the number of prisoners committed has grown less and less, until the last few years there has been but one or two in jail at one time, and at times we have not had any.
Last summer the jailer came in to tell me that one of the men in jail was very sick, and that we must call a doctor. I immediately declared the Truth, waited a few moments, and then went in to see him. He was sitting up and said he was a great deal better, and that he would be all right. I talked with him and told his friend to read Science and Health to him and he would be all right in a short time. That was the last and only time he was sick while he was here. It is beautiful to know that the Truth is so mighty that it puts out all sickness and sin. The two cannot dwell together.— Albert Lea, Minn.
