Words are meagre to express my gratitude for the great change in my spiritual and physical condition wrought by Christian Science within the last year. For a period of eight years I had been in the most wretched health, last winter suffering from enlargement of the liver with all its attendant ills. My physical condition was bad enough, yet I consider my spiritual state much worse. I had sought for years the true religion. I had read the Bible without finding light; had investigated Spiritualism, and for a short time believed that I had found the truth in Theosophy. Finally, I became a member of an Orthodox Church, upon the positive assurance of the pastor that the truth would come to me in the church; but such was not the case. Last winter Christian Science was recommended to me by a friend, and I decided to give it a trial. I believed that the treatment was a form of mesmerism, perhaps unconsciously exercised, yet I was in such a desperate condition of mind that I was willing to be mesmerized if I might receive even temporary benefit. When told by the healer that God effected the cure of disease, that the religion was based upon the Bible and the Christ, and that disease was only an illusion, I felt only amusement that he should so deceive himself. But, after a few treatments my quest for physical health became subordinate to a strong desire for spiritual healing, which came to me finally with wonderful peace,—peace in the conviction that here, at last. I had found the true, vital religion. Now, I expected instantaneous healing, and not receiving it, began to think that there was no hope for me. However, at the end of six weeks, I felt like a new woman, all my physical ills had given way to harmony, and with them went the morbid fear of inherited disease which had been my constant torment for years. To believe in the Bible and in Christ with the understanding gained through Christian Science is a wonderful thing to me and a source of never-ending peace. To know that God is my life is to be without fear.
We have recently had an added proof of the power of Truth over error. Our two little girls had an attack of the scarlet fever, but were quickly healed. The baby showed rather severe symptoms of the disease for three days only, and at the end of one week was quite free from all eruption or other symptom of disorder. She was at no time alarmingly ill, but played about the house as usual. The older girl had fever part of one night, missed one meal only, felt dull for half a day, and was quite well thereafter. She was unable to understand why she was kept out of school, as she had no inclination to remain at home. I kept her at home until the eruption disappeared, a period of one week. An older child escaped entirely. The children were able to help themselves very much. through their clear conception of divine Love, gained at home and in the Sabbath School. My four-year-old girl said one day that we did not want error in our house, that we would put it out and lock the door with Love, then error could not come in any more. I believe that the best way in which to express my appreciation of Christian Science is by endeavoring to bring the Truth to others, and that is what I am trying to do daily.
Fort Wayne, Ind.
