A little over two years ago I was a very great sufferer with what the doctors called fistula, and after having counsel, my attending physician said my only help was to have an operation, and as I was getting so weak and run down it must be at once, or other and more serious trouble would come from it. They gave me little encouragement of lasting benefit, but as there seemed no other way, I consented, and sent for my father to come and be with me. He came all the way from Nebraska, but he said as soon as he arrived that he did not come to see me go through an operation.
He was not a member of the Christian Science Church, but said he felt sure God was our true healer, and it was his wish that I should try Christian Science treatment; that he would take me to see Mrs. W. at Rockford, Ill., and get me the text-book if I would try it. More to please him than with any hope of relief, I went, and after talking with Mrs. W. she gave me a treatment. I was so much better when I reached home that my husband said I had better continue the treatment, and he would try it for himself, even though he had no faith in it. He had been sick all winter and under the doctor's care. We had five weeks' treatment and were entirely healed, not only of our bodily ills, but of much more serious mental conditions. Ours had been till then a very worldly outlook, and the Bible a closed book, now it is our daily guide and help.
I wish I could tell doubters all the blessings that have come to me through Christian Science. I know it is the true road to heaven on earth. The love and truth it teaches must bring us nearer to God our ever-present help.
