I was led to try Christian Science several years ago for physical healing, after having tried both the prominent schools of medicine without receiving any benefit. I was feeling very much discouraged when one day my attention was attracted by several copies of a magazine displayed in the window of a periodical store. I read the title and noticed the cross and crown and the inscription, "Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons," this was my first introduction to Christian Science.
I went to my place of business but could not keep the title page of that magazine out of my mind.
The next day I purchased a copy, and after reading it through I decided to give this method of healing a trial, and I was not disappointed, for with the first treatment I received more help than I had in the six months previous under medical care. I was not wholly healed at once, but I received benefit enough to convince me that it was the truth as taught and demonstrated by our Lord and Master. Christ Jesus, and I am truly grateful to our dear Leader, Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, for our text-book, Science and Health, for with an understanding of this book we are enabled to help ourselves and others in time of need. This was proved to me quite conclusively by a remarkable case of healing, that of a child who, according to the physician employed, was very sick with pneumonia, the doctor visiting the patient twice a day and giving the parents but little hope that the child would live. The father was in a very disturbed state of mind and could hardly attend to his work. I spoke to him of Christian Science, telling him of the healing it had done, and asked him if he would not like to try it for his little girl. He took very kindly to the idea and asked me if I would try to help the little one. My intention was to recommend some practitioner, but he seemed anxious that I should take the case, so I told him I would do so. I treated the child that afternoon and that night. The next morning my friend met me with a smile and said the child was much better. He told me that when he left the factory to go home all sense of fear and anxiety had left him, and he felt absolutely sure that his little girl was better. On reaching his home his wife met him at the door and he remarked, "Baby is better;" she looked surprised and asked him how he knew. Then he related to her our conversation, and told her I was treating the child.
