Well do I remember the morning I asked a dear friend to give me Christian Science treatment. I had no hope that I should be healed, in fact it was against my will that I even asked, for at the most Science seemed only a form of hypnotism which might possibly help one while under the influence but could give no permanent relief. I had tried everything else and at the earnest request of my parents consented to try Science, persuaded that I at least could receive no harm.
The date (August 8, 1900) is very distinct in my mind, for six days before I had passed the most unhappy birthday of my life, feeling on that day that I never cared to see another. To-day I have the happy assurance I never again shall have another like that, for the dawn of a new life came to me, and it seemed I had been born into a new world.
Even during my university course I began to doctor with specialists. After graduation I tried teaching, but at the end of a year was compelled to give up. For about two years and a half I continued with doctors, and though at first I seemed to gain, later I grew much worse. One physician told me I had sound lungs if nothing else, and I tried to be thankful for that much. Towards the last, I was in almost constant pain and two physicians advised my going to a hospital. Life was indeed a burden, and I felt I was a burden to all around me.
It was at this point that I turned to Christian Science. After five weeks' treatment I was completely healed of all my diseases. I laid aside glasses which I had worn from morning till night for four years and which I had been told I must always wear. I changed so in looks and actions that at first many people did not recognize me on the street. While I am grateful for the physical healing, yet the spiritual and mental uplifting that comes from a knowledge of the blessed Truth of life is more. Through the study of Science and Health, the Bible has become real to me and God indeed is Life, Truth, and Love, "an ever-present help in trouble." Words alone cannot express the gratitude and love I feel for the dear Leader who has given us the revelation of the Truth.— Elgin, Ill.
