It is with thankfulness for the many blessings received through Christian Science, that I send this testimony. Two years ago, while I was lying in a hospital, waiting to undergo an operation for a trouble of six years' standing, my sister, a Christian Scientist, came to see me. I was in a very nervous condition, and the place I was in filled me with constant fear. Certain conditions made it necessary to wait a few days before the operation could be performed. The doctors and nurses did all they could for me, for which I am very grateful, but I grew worse daily. As the time neared for my sister and my husband to leave, I expressed a desire to go with them, but the nurse laughed at the thought of a journey in my present condition. My sister, however, knew how I felt about staying there, and at once gained the doctors' consent for me to accompany her home, promising them that I should have perfect rest, and that at the end of a certain time, if everything proved satisfactory, I was to return to them.
Never will I forget the days that followed. My sister read to me often from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, also many splendid articles from the Journal and Sentinel. That spring a practitioner from Kansas City came to visit my sister, and took my case. Ere long the tiny seed of Truth began to grow and develop, and I pray that it may continue, and at last I may realize the full-bloomed flower in all its glorious splendor. It is needless to say that I never went back to the hospital, and I have been troubled but two or three times with the old ailments, while before I was in almost constant misery. I have overcome headache almost instantly, by realizing the allness of God, and last summer, while sewing, I ran the sewing-machine needle through my finger-nail, breaking the needle in three pieces. One piece remained imbedded in my finger, but my sister removed the intruder and at once declared the Truth of being. I suffered no inconvenience whatever with this finger and did washing and other housework with no pain.
Last winter, when our baby was born, I got along better than ever before. On two similar occasions I had several convulsions and was very sick for days. Our baby is a strong, healthy child, and has never had a drop of medicine. This seems wonderful to us, as our other two children were always sickly, one dying at the age of three months, the other at four years of age. When I think of what Christian Science has done for us, words fail to express the gratitude I feel towards Mrs. Eddy for making plain to us this blessed truth.
