It is with a deep sense of gratitude to our wise, patient, and loving Leader in Christian Science, that I offer this testimony of my healing. There seems to be a common impression among people who know little or nothing about Christian Science, that it may perhaps be of some benefit in cases of nervous or mental diseases, but cannot possibly restore broken or wasted tissue. My testimony may encourage some one who has been influenced by this thought.
About five years ago my eyesight suddenly began to fail very rapidly, and this was accompanied by severe pain. I had worn glasses since childhood, but had never had cause to feel at all worried about my eyes. At this time I consulted a first-class oculist who told me that I was afflicted with a disease which caused, or was manifested in, a breaking -up of the finer tissues of the eye; that these fine threadlike muscles were being torn apart by a severe strain on the eyesight, and if this continued, it would result in blindness. He then cheerfully informed me that there was no possible remedy for the injury already done, but that with great care I might be able to preserve what little eyesight I had left. The future looked exceedingly dark, as I was dependent upon my own exertions for my support, and my work required good eyesight. He made an unsuccessful attempt to relieve my suffering, and furnished me with what he considered perfectly fitting glasses. This, he said, was all that could be done. I felt satisfied that I had had the best medical advice to be obtained in the city. Four months later the sight in one eye was almost gone. I was wearing dark glasses constantly, and suffering intensely.
At this time Christian Science was recommended as a healing agency. I called upon a practitioner and asked for treatment, very much as I would have gone to another oculist and asked for an examination, for I knew nothing whatever about Christian Science. On the day of the second treatment I laid aside the dark glasses forever, although I continued to wear the others. The pain gradually lessened, and after the fourth treatment I found I could read and write with ease, and without glasses, in fact they no longer fitted me for close work. I wore them part of the time for about a year longer, and then laid them aside, or rather, destroyed them. This was more than three years ago, and my eyes are in splendid condition. The thought never comes to me to spare them at any time, and I use them almost constantly.
