Thirteen years ago Christian Science found me a helpless invalid, having been in bed most of the time for three years and a half. Two severe operations were failures, and every remedy known to humanity had been tried. Utter despair and darkness encompassed me. Through a dear friend Christian Science was brought to my notice, and I was lifted out of this abyss of suffering, mental and physical, into the glorious light of Truth and Love.
This beautiful spiritual awakening that came to me was manifested, not all at once but in a few months. I found the words of Isaiah had been fulfilled: "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength: they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary: and they shall walk, and not faint."
Blessing after blessing has followed. At times the struggles between sense and Soul have seemed severe. God has never left me alone. I do feel thankful for every experience I have ever had in Christian Science. I am learning that if we expect to wear the crown, we must bear the cross. "The real cross, which he bore up the hill of grief, was the world's hatred of Truth and Love," says Mrs. Eddy of Jesus, in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 355. must follow in his footsteps and bear this cross, until the hatred of the carnal sense is overcome through the realization that Love is power, for Love is God.
