For fifteen years I was a hopeless sufferer from asthma. I could neither eat nor sleep with any comfort, and scarcely knew the privilege of natural breathing. Kind physicians and sympathizing relatives and friends tried in vain to find some remedy for my trouble, till finally, several years ago, I decided to seek help through Christian Science treatment. I received this treatment for about one year, during which time I gradually improved in general health, and was. also healed of the asthma.
I then asked treatment for a miserably lame limb, ulcerated above the ankle, which my physician had said was a result of varicose veins. He also told me, after he had faithfully tried to cure this limb, that it was a trouble which old people often had to endure. I was then about sixty-six years old, and had been suffering from this painful affliction nearly two years. I was overjoyed when, after a few days' treatment in Christian Science, all swelling and inflammation disappeared and every other indication of the trouble quickly vanished. It cannot be wondered at that I have ever since made Mrs. Eddy's books, with the Bible, my daily companions. The Journal and Sentinel are regular messengers at our home, and these, together with the Quarterly, make our daily feast of good things which are satisfying indeed. My son and my sister complete our home circle, and we are all radical in our reliance upon Christian Science, and find God to be truly "a very present help in trouble."
We are deeply grateful to God that this age is being blest through one who was pure enough to listen for His voice and rightly interpret His word—with "signs following;" and we shall endeavor to follow in Mrs. Eddy's footsteps, even as she follows in the footsteps of Christ Jesus, the master Metaphysician.
