Jesus said, "For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them." Three years ago these words of the Master were expressive of my condition. Now, through the help received in Christian Science, the truth has become my health, my life, and my salvation.
From earliest childhood I had been of a very sensitive nature; as a man I was without ambition, led a reckless life, and was given to excessive drinking, smoking, and all attendant evils. At this point there came into my life a very sad experience, which caused me great anxiety, so that many times I thought I would lose my reason. Physical illness also assailed me, in the form of acute lung trouble, which left me with a tubercular affection of the lungs. One side of my body had caved in so that the shoulder dropped. It was also said that there was an affection of the heart, which caused me much trouble and pain, and I was greatly reduced in weight. My case was diagnosed by three doctors, two of whom stated that an operation should be performed, one saying that it must be within forty-eight hours. They stated "that the operation would be for relief only; that there was no hope of a permanent cure, as it was held that I was affected from head to foot.
Everything had been done for me that mortal man could do, but without any result whatever. I was then told of the many wonderful healings accomplished through Christian Science, and I sought a practitioner, with the result that after four treatments the surgical operation was unnecessary, and the tubercular disease was healed in a very short time. The operation in my case was performed by Christian Science and it was successful. The patient, instead of looking for death, started to look for Life, and to understand Love in its true sense, something he had never known before, until this wonderful healing was accomplished by divine power. The only instrument used was the truth taught in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy.
