I think the query, "Where are the nine?" might well be addressed to me if I failed to testify to all that Christian Science has done for me. More than ten years ago my heart was injured during some violent exercise, and I became liable to attacks, any of which might have had a fatal termination. These attacks became so violent and continuous that life was not worth living, and the nights were often unbearable, as during an attack I could not lie down.
About two years ago I heard of Christian Science, and began to read "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." I felt at once that it was the truth, but my healing was slow. I had previously depended so entirely on materia medica, and been in such complete bondage, that it seemed well-nigh impossible for me to give up the old thought and realize absolutely that God is the only power. Now I know this, and if fear comes up it is soon destroyed. I can run upstairs, go uphill, and do more outdoor work than any one I know. Since childhood I had suffered from a very distressing eye trouble, and needed glasses out of doors and for reading; but these were soon discarded, and I can now drive anywhere without difficulty, write for hours, and keep the accounts of a big society without using glasses. An affection of the eye, over the point of sight, causing blindness, was destroyed in one night by knowing it was not a manifestation of infinite Mind and that God is All-in-all.
Since I came into Christian Science I have seen all kinds of wonderful things done through this understanding, and no words can express my gratitude; but far beyond the physical healing is the spiritual uplifting, the knowledge of the great truth that God is the only Mind, and that "man is, and forever has been, God's reflection" (Science and Health, p. 471). No words can express what we owe to Mrs. Eddy for showing us the great truth that the healing Christ is here in our midst, and our prayer is that the Christ may be uplifted in our consciousness and draw all men unto God.— Leeds, England.
