Were it not for the blessings that Christian Science has brought to me, I feel that I should still be the sufferer that I was for years instead of the healthy, happy man I am. For four years I doctored with the best physicians in different cities for a stomach trouble, getting no relief, only growing worse. On taking a trip to Texas I was advised by a friend there to try another form of treatment, which I did on my return to Chicago, continuing it for two months. As with the medical treatment, however, though I felt slightly better for a while, I was soon worse again, and I longed for a "something" that would heal me permanently. I tried systematically, physical exercises, both the hot and cold water "cures," but all to no avail, finally returning once more to medicine. The last physician put me on a very limited diet, in fact, it seemed that there was scarcely anything I could eat that I really desired. I was almost starved, and at one time weighed but one hundred and twenty-eight pounds, although I am nearly six feet tall.
I had always thought of Christian Science as the "merest nonsense," but in my travels had heard of so many remarkable cures by it, that I finally decided, since there was nothing else left, I might try it, anyway. On arriving in Boston, a short time after this resolve, I attended Sunday services at The Mother Church, and was at once impressed with Christian Science, for it seemed a practical, common-sense religion, just what I had always longed for. That afternoon I consulted a practitioner, and took my first treatment. Returning to my supper, I ate the first hearty meal I had taken for months, and to my great relief I could eat with perfect impunity the things that before caused me great distress. When I arose the next morning, after a refreshing rest, I knew I was healed, for it had been years since I felt such peace and happiness. That was two and a half years ago, and I have found the permanent healing in Christian Science for which I searched so long. After reading Science and Health a few weeks I felt no longer the need of glasses. Although my eyes had been operated upon, and I had worn glasses for years, I laid them aside and have had no trouble since. Later on I was healed of smoking, and now see that it was a false pleasure, for I am happier without indulging in the habit than I was before with it. Many other demonstrations of the healing power of Truth have come to my experience. My mother has been healed of neuralgia of thirty years' standing, while many friends have been helped by the same divine Principle that healed me. For all these blessings and many others I feel profoundly thankful. It is only as I reflect infinite Love that I can ever pay the debt that I owe to Him, "Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases."
Chicago, Ill.
