I gladly give my testimony as to what Christian Science has done for me. I came to it for physical healing; little thinking what divine Love had in store for me. I had been considered very delicate from early girlhood. I longed to live a Christian life, but sought in vain to find a God who was "a very present help in trouble." The more I needed Him the farther away He seemed to be. After suffering from one sorrow after another, — death and disease, — the final stroke came, lung trouble in its severest form. With a young babe in my arms I struggled on, until the babe passed away. Even my husband and four other children offered me no incentive to live, and I prayed for death, thinking it would be a release from all suffering.
At this time Christian Science found me, and in three months I was a free woman, so far as health was concerned. I found, however, that there were many old beliefs to be cast out before I could retain that health. During those years of suffering the physician had administered morphine to allay pain, until its use had become a confirmed habit with me. I had not thought it necessary to tell my practitioner of it, thinking I could not live without it, but it was finally uncovered to me that I could not serve "God and mammon." It haunted me like a hideous dream, until I decided to yield up all for Truth. I then asked for help, and in one week's time I was healed, — every vestige of the old craving gone. I can truthfully say I have found a living Saviour, always near and faithful to the promise, "Lo, I am with you alway."
To God first do I render thanks. Then to our dear, faithful Leader, Mrs. Eddy, who has so nobly guarded the Cause of Truth. In affirming the allness of God and denying the reality of error, I am able to help myself and others, and by living and demonstrating this great truth, I am having part in the atonement of Christ.
Charlotte, N. C.
