My attention was first directed to Christian Science when a practitioner was called to see a friend in our village. All my life I had been very nervous, the so-called laws of heredity having been accepted by me, and for the past seventeen years, or since the birth of my youngest child, I had never been well, though I was treated by a number of physicians. I gradually grew worse, until any little thing annoyed me. I had a chronic stomach trouble, which was finally pronounced a case of appendicitis, and for this and an ovarian disease of long standing an operation was finally decided upon. I went through the ordeal, but was in a worse condition than before. The cause was not removed and one thing after another developed. I had no appetite, never had a good night's sleep, nerves in a worse condition than before, could walk but very little, and sat up scarcely any of the time. I had also worn glasses since I was eight years old, and thought I could not do without them.
This was the state of affairs when Christian Science was suggested to my husband, and he wished me to try it. At first I declined, but my family insisted and finally I yielded. I really dreaded to see the practitioner, but words cannot tell the change that came over me when she came to my bedside and told me I could be healed, that God who is Love can heal all our diseases, and that my suffering was not from Him. Christian Science was so different from my thought of it! I took treatment for about four weeks, and such a change! One by one my ills have vanished into their native nothingness. I began to gain immediately in flesh, and from the very first had restful sleep. My eyes were healed instantaneously and I can see perfectly without the use of glasses. Some of the troubles have yielded more slowly, but today I feel like a new person, very seldom ever having a headache, which was formerly a common occurrence, and today I can walk a great distance and enjoy it, besides doing my own housework.
I now begin to realize that God is Love, and have learned that we should never fear, but accept all of God's promises, knowing that they are all for us now, and that we must accept them as a little child, never doubting. I study earnestly every day and feel increasing power and understanding. To me this is truly wonderful, and I realize what the psalmist must have felt when he said, "My cup runneth over." Simply to say I am thankful for this divine revelation does not express it, my life must testify to my gratitude. I praise and thank God, and am grateful to Mrs. Eddy for this understanding of Life, Truth, and Love that leads the weary, heavy-laden traveler into the promised land.— Franklinville, N. Y.
