It is with a grateful heart that I give my testimony to the friends of the Journal. With live psalmist. "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living." It is a little over three years since Christian Science was presented to me. I had never known what it was to be well more than a little while at a time. For four months I had been, as I thought, a great sufferer. An operation had been urged by the physicians, but I finally decided I would not submit to anything of the kind, but would try a change of climate. That did not benefit me, and I came home, as I thought, to die. But the thought of my dear ones and their pleadings for me to live for their sake finally aroused me, and when a friend kindly suggested that I try "healing by prayer," as she expressed it, I said, "Anything, so that I may be well and strong."
I had lost all faith in material remedies, and told my physician so. He replied that he did not blame me. as I had taken so much medicine that it seemed to have lost its effect. Then a dear practitioner came, who, with her kind, loving words presented the Christ-Truth to me in a way that I gladly accepted without a question or doubt. I had used glasses for seven years, but for several months I could not see to read either with or without them. In a very short time after commencing treatment I could read all night and laid aside the glasses forever. Now I know that "God is my sight." and that "sight is spiritual and perfect." Some of my claims yielded slowly, but I now can say I am perfectly well, and can do any amount of work without fatigue, knowing that "God is my life, health, and strength." I bless God for the little understanding I have of the precious truths contained in His Word, and for our text-book, Science and Health, I also send a loving greeting to our dear Mother. May God bless her for the great work that she has done for suffering humanity. The Journal and Sentinel are very helpful. I wonder now how I ever got along without them. My youngest child, a boy of eleven years, is the only one of my family who has accepted the truth that makes us free, and he is very earnest in declaring the Truth every day. We have both had wonderful demonstrations, for which J can say, "Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name."
Ottawa, III.
