In 1 John, 3: 2, 3, we read "Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure."
My heart goes out in gratitude to God and to our Leader, Mary Baker G. Eddy, for Christian Science; for through its pure teachings I have been lifted to grasp in some measure the meaning of this beautiful passage, which with its correlative from Science and Health comes each Sunday with its sweet benediction of love.
When I first turned to Christian Science for help I was in severe suffering, physical and mental. I had been under the constant care of physicians for nearly a year, but they could not help me. I then turned to Christian Science, and as I began to understand that God, Infinite Love, was ever-present and all-power, the suffering was destroyed. Some of the manifestations of disease yielded in a short time, others more slowly. I had worn glasses for over three years. I laid them aside and my eyes were healed. The oculist who had treated my eyes up to the time I turned to Christian Science, said I would be blind within a year if I laid aside glasses. But now, after ten years, I feel thankful I can say that in this and many other claims of disease both for myself and others, I have proven that Christian Science brings peace and health, but sweeter than the physical healing is the spiritual uplifting, the sweet assurance that God is Love, and that here and now we are His children. The great mental darkness which had held me in bondage so long was broken, and there came a sense of light and peace such as I had never known before.
