MORE than seven years ago it was my great privilege to bring to the home of my childhood—the home of my ancestors for a century nearly—a copy of that wonderful book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker G. Eddy. I had been healed physically, of piano paralysis, uplifted spiritually, and was so full of the joy of this wonderful gift from God that I could but tell of its health-giving gospel.
It seemed to me so beautiful that the Truth of Being understood and demonstrated would eventually cause all sin, all sickness to vanish, that I felt that every one wanted to know this truth. Many did inquire; a number, at different times, tried its healing power and were blessed. The seed was sown and, as in the Scripture parable, some fell upon stony places (the false consciousness filled with malice, envy, hate, self-righteousness, self-will, etc.), in such there was no depth for the roots of truth to stand; others fell in good ground and are bringing forth fruit, some an hundred fold, and rich indeed will be the harvest if we faint not.
The Principle of Christian Science applied has lifted many here out of the bondage of sickness; from the babe of a month to the adult of eighty odd years. The diseases that have yielded have been measles, diarrhoea, hemorrhoids, malarial fever, typhoid fever, consumption, rheumatism, goitre, chropic headache, heart trouble, croup, chronic throat trouble, nervous prostration, type-writer paralysis, grip, the morphine, liquor, and tobacco habits, etc. The lame have been made to walk, two of them had not been able to walk for nine and sixteen years respectively; others have put aside glasses that had for years been a necessity, through both disease and age, having now learned the true source of sight. So many have been blessed that could all who have ears hear, great would be the rejoicing in the city to know that God has demonstrated that this is His universe and all are His children now.
