Out on the Oklahoma prairie is where Christian Science found us, about ten years ago. I had been a sufferer most of my life, and through many years had received the careful attention of kind physicians. I submitted to an operation, which did no good, so I shrank from anything further in that line, although I continued to grow worse, until my case was pronounced incurable. Part of the time I was confined to the bed, while at other times I was barely able to be up and move about. Our finances were very low, and hope was almost gone, when one Sunday afternoon my husband and I went to see a lady who, with her four children, was living on a claim, while her husband was in El Reno. All we knew about her was that the neighbors said she was always bright and cheery under all circumstances. We had not been there long before I was telling her all my troubles,—the sufferings of the past, and what the doctors said my future would be. After listening a little while, she said, "You must pray to God to heal you." I replied that I had been praying to God since childhood, and it never seemed to do any good: but she said again, earnestly, "Pray to God alone." Those three words, "to God alone," impressed me as if I had never heard them before. She continued to talk in a most encouraging way, and when we left she gave us a Christian Science Journal, a Sentinel, and some tracts. We read them and liked them very much, but my parents, who lived with us, were very much disturbed and feared it was of the devil; still my husband and I clung to this new hope.
The lady who gave us the literature moved to El Reno, thirty miles away, and although it was considered a great risk for me to take such a trip, I went twice to see her, spending the night each time and listening eagerly to all she told me of this new gospel, which was indeed good news to me. Although I seemed to suffer somewhat from these trips, I went a third time, when I met two friends of hers, young ladies who were also Christian Scientists. They invited me to go home with them, promising to talk about Christian Science as long as I wished to hear it, which they did until far into the night. The next morning I awoke to find myself in health, and the blessed realization of health and happiness has been with me ever since. Never since then have I felt hopeless or helpless, nor have I had a tale of woe to tell since that night—it has been one long song of gratitude and joy. We are grateful to our beloved Leader, whom God has so divinely fitted to bring back to the world what had seemingly been lost for so long, the Science of Christianity.
, Colorado Springs, Col.
