It is with gratitude and love that I give the following testimony, and as I look back over the past nine years and realize all that Christian Science has brought to me. I cannot express in words my gratitude to God, and my thanks to Mrs. Eddy for lifting me out of those dark days; but it is my desire so to live that I may see God's children as the reflection of Life and Love. Before I came into this blessed truth, I never passed a day without some suffering or sorrow; when I was but a child I suffered from a stomach trouble and sleepless nights, and as I grew into womanhood my suffering increased. I tried all kinds of medicines, and several different doctors said my case was a hopeless one. One doctor said that if I would have an operation there might be a chance for me, but I would not submit to that; so I gave up in despair and often prayed for death. I was a church-member, but did not find peace there.
Finally a friend asked me to try Christian Science, and after thinking it over I decided to do so. with the result that almost immediately I was "changed into a new being, —I had found peace here on this plane of existence. Through the kind efforts of a practitioner I was healed, and at once desired to know how this had been accomplished, so great was the change that had been brought about. A copy of Science and Health was loaned to me, and I read it in connection with the Bible. How great was the comfort and joy it brought into my daily life! I found, as did the psalmist, that God "satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness." I also learned that He is Love, the God who, if we put our trust in Him, forgives all our iniquities and heals all our diseases.
May God's blessing rest forever on our loving Leader, who has so obediently followed the great Master, and has labored so faithfully that all may receive a knowledge of this healing truth which Christ Jesus taught.
