It is with the deepest gratitude that I testify to the blessings I have received in Christian Science. I have never had very robust health, and for the last six or seven years I had suffered from general nervous debility and lack of strength in my arms, also digestive trouble and headaches of the most obstinate kind, besides various minor ailments. The doctors whom I consulted never helped me for any length of time, and two years ago I was in such a state, both mentally and physically, that I seriously contemplated ending my life. A dear friend then suggested Christian Science, saying she had read a few Sentinels and thought "there might be something in it; at any rate, it could not do any harm." I, however, refused to have anything to do with it. I had heard of Christian Science from time to time, but always wrongly represented. Besides, I was not religious, and thought the whole matter much beneath my intelligence. (The conceit of mortal mind was strongly developed in me.)
A short time after, however, other friends persuaded me to try Christian Science, and mostly to please them I went to a practitioner. I shall never forget that first visit! Going home I felt like one beginning to waken from a hideous dream, and after only one week's treatment I was feeling perfectly well. I understood very little of Science and Health when I began to read it, and the first seven months after my healing I had very little time to study, because I left England to visit friends and relatives' in Denmark; but I knew I was healed, and the knowledge of that kept me from falling back into the horrible pit from which I had been rescued by Truth. In February, 1909, I came back to England, and have since attended services regularly and studied as much as my time allowed: and for every landmark of false belief which I leave behind me, I rejoice with all my heart. In moments of doubt and perplexity a kind practitioner has shown me the right way to follow, for which I shall always be thankful.
I owe everything to Christian Science. It has shown me that there is an all-loving God; it has given me health, happiness, peace; given me love for my fellow-beings, and it has opened my eyes to the spiritual sense of Life that in former days was unknown to me. The gratitude I feel for all these blessings I cannot express in words. I must try to show it in my daily life and works, and I pray that I may prove a faithful student of Mrs. Eddy's spiritual teaching. — London, England.
