I first heard of Christian Science during the summer of 1896, through the healing of a friend. Knowing that its followers claimed the power to heal the sick to be of God, I urged my mother to try it, as she had been suffering from eczema for several years. She was healed after eight treatments.
I did not give it much further attention, as I was worldly in my tendencies.
In August, 1897, I became so weak that it seemed to me I suffered everything but death. Yet in my disease I sought not the Lord, but the physicians. The weakness was followed by over-action of the bowels, for which I consulted four medical doctors; one of these, who is considered of the best in Flushing, said, "It has been of so long standing that I don't know that I can do anything for it."
