In 1886 I suffered from severe headaches and lost thirty five pounds in weight. Following the advice of my physician, I gave up a good situation as general office man, thinking my trouble was caused by close confinement. My health did not improve, and finally after trying many things, including medicine, change of business, and climate, in 1892 I consulted an oculist, and although my vision was good I was told that I had a bad case of muscular eye trouble accompanied by astigmatism.
For the next ten years I spent hundreds of dollars and months of time trying to find relief from constant pain. Leading oculists endeavored in vain to relieve me, and three operations were of no avail. My eyes gradually grew worse, and double vision developed so that 16 degree prism glasses were required, the weight of which was most uncomfortable. These failed to relieve except to a slight extent, my constant headaches. I was also rapidly getting into a chronic irritable and nervous condition, bordering on nervous prostration. At the urgent solicitation of my wife, who, while not a Christian Scientist, seemed to have an intuition that something could be done for me by Christian Science, as a last resort I went to a practitioner and began treatment, although without faith that it could possibly benefit me, when so many eminent oculists had signally failed. I was healed in three weeks, laid off my glasses entirely, and now use my eyes sixteen to eighteen hours a day with the greatest comfort. In fact, there is no limit to the length of time I can use my eyes. This is certainly a wonderful demonstration of the power of Christian Science, when we consider that for sixteen years I had been unable to read or write for a half hour without great discomfort. Since my cure, my wife has been healed of rheumatism and nervous depression, and we have both enjoyed the privilege of uniting with the Mother Church, and Second Church of Christ, Scientist, of this city, on last Communion day. I am truly grateful to Christian Science, to Mrs. Eddy, and to the good practitioner, who put me in touch with this new revelation of Truth.—, Kansas City, Mo.
