Dear Friends:—It is with great pleasure and deep gratitude that I tell you what Christian Science has done for me and my family. I had been sick for eighteen years and each year found me growing weaker and more helpless. I would have from one to two sick spells each year, and we have tried over ten different physicians. We spent several hundred dollars during all my sickness, which gave me no benefit. Five years ago I came very near passing away with pneumonia and nervous prostration and was in bed over three months. The physician claimed I had fractured the coccyx bone, and my only hope of recovery would be to go through an operation. He also claimed I was ruptured. I suffered such intense pain and was so helpless I decided to undergo the operation. I was left a complete invalid; words and space cannot express my suffering.
Through a clear relative at Indianapolis I was persuaded to try Christian Science. I was some time in making up my mind, but felt something must be done, I could bear it no longer. I had been in bed for several weeks, but my husband took me to Indianapolis on July 20, 1901. I could not walk without assistance. I took my first treatment on Tuesday, and two weeks later I left for my home, well and happy, and to my surprise I discharged an internal tumor, without any pain.
I am now able to attend to all my household duties, and can walk for miles without fatigue. You cannot imagine what peace of mind and happiness that knowledge gave me; everything looks so beautiful and so harmonious to me now. Is it any wonder that I feel very grateful to Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy for Science and Health, and also to those who led me to Truth? My husband had a sprained side. The pain was so intense for two days that it caused him to have a nervous chill. I knew something must be done. I remarked to him, "If only my practitioner were here!" and the thought came to me, "God is at Hartford City as well as Indianapolis," and I went to him and treated him, and in less than five minutes, he said, "Why! the pain has all left me," and the next morning he got up all right. He has also been cured of smoking, and is now a true believer in the Truth. Science has indeed done wonders in our family; words cannot express it.
