It was in August, 1893, while living in Kansas City, Mo., that Christian Science was first presented to me. Previous to that time I knew nothing of it, except occasional adverse criticisms, which I read in the newspapers, and the comments of others as ignorant of the subject as I; consequently, I thought it was something no intelligent person would consider for a moment, and felt no desire to know anything of it.
Finally I had a severe illness, from which I seemed unable to rally, and after consulting a specialist, the sentence was pronounced that I could not get well, and that there was nothing to do but make me as comfortable as possible for the little while I remained.
One day my sister brought me a Christian Science Journal, given to her by a friend to whom she had told my condition, and who suggested that I take treatment, at the same time telling of her own wonderful healing. Despite my prejudice I read the Journal as requested.
