I would like to say what Christian Science has done for me. For three years I was much opposed to it, really from ignorance, as I would not take the pains to read any of Mrs. Eddy's books. Being a recent convert to the Church of England, I thought it met all my requirements, but I soon saw that it did not give me the solace that the Christian Scientists received from their church, and in reading the Bible. I realized that the Church of England only fulfilled half of Jesus' commands; they preach the Gospel. but they do not heal the sick, as we are told to do.
For years I had suffered greatly on account of astigmatism. I had been to several oculists, and Dr. Parchenstecher and Dr. Mauser of Wiesbaden, told me that unless I wore glasses I should be blind. I wore them for nine years, and every two years I hail to get stronger ones. If I went without them an hour, I suffered from severe headaches and nausea. As soon as I realized that Christian Science was the Truth, I went to a healer to be treated, and after the first treatment I was able to read the Bible and Science and Health without my glasses, but if I tried to read anything else my eyes ached. I had three weeks' treatment. That was two years ago, and I have never suffered with my eyes since. After the first week I was able to read anything. Christian Science has not only healed my eyes, but has helped me in a great many ways and has made me much happier. Science and Health has unlocked the Bible, so that it is a pleasure to read it now, and I cannot be too thankful to Mrs. Eddy for giving us this Truth.
The last two summers I have been in France, and it has been beautiful to see how the peasants there take to Christian Science. A little woman who had been operated on three times in four years for cancer, and did not seem to get any better until she was treated in Christian Science, is now a well and strong woman, working in the fields from sunrise to sunset without fatigue, knowing that God is her strength. Let me add that her life had been very immoral, and she was full of fear that God would not forgive her sins. I told her that divine Love could destroy all error, and she was healed, morally as well as physically, and is grateful to Christian Science.
