Ten years ago last September I came to Christian Science for healing. I was practically a wreck, both mentally and physically, having gone through three prolonged attacks of serious nervous trouble in the six years previous. During my first conversation with the practitioner, he said something to me of God. With bitterness I replied, "I have about come to the conclusion that there is no God. At any rate, if there is one, He has forgotten me." The practitioner quietly asked, "Can God forget His child?"
It was proved to me that there is a God; because He healed me after all material means had failed. I had twelve treatments in Christian Science and was healed. Intense nervousness left me with the first treatment. I laid aside glasses, which I had been wearing because of eye trouble; was healed of a rupture, sustained in dumbbell exercises, and resumed my work as teacher of music. The spiritual uplifting was wonderful. I had never known before what happiness meant. One of my first questions to the Scientist was, "What am I here for?" The answer was, "You are here to reflect God." At first this answer did not mean much to me; but it is coming to mean more as my knowledge of the truth enlarges. With the understanding gained through class instruction, my own study of Science and Health, and practical demonstration, I have been enabled to free others from the bondage of serious physical ills.
I am grateful to God, and to Mrs. Eddy for the revelation of the truth,—grateful because through Christian Science I have found God; that I am a better woman than I knew how to be before I came to Christian Science, and for having been brought from invalidism to a useful womanhood.— Hamburg, Ia.
