It is almost five years since the occasion presented itself for me to look into Christian Science. I gladly availed myself of the privilege, and so numerous have been the blessings received during this period, that I gratefully give expression through this testimony to my unbounded gratitude. For two years prior to the date mentioned our home was constantly visited by sickness. Our children were ill continually, and I became very much discouraged. I was living in constant fear concerning their health and life, when I made the acquaintance of a Christian Science practitioner. It became clear to me at once, after the first conversation, that there was no necessity for my entertaining any fear. The thought that God has created only that which is good and that evil therefore has no power, was instantly grasped, and this realization has never left me. The result has been a marked change in my circumstances. Now whenever error presents itself under one form or another, it is in every instance successfully opposed with truth. The physician who formerly came so frequently to our house, has not crossed the threshold for the past four years, and our children enjoy the best of health.
Our youngest son had caused us much worry during the first year of his life. He was ill almost constantly, and contracted a cough every now and then which invariably developed into bronchitis, to which were added other difficulties. This condition prevailed until the child was first treated in Christian Science, when his constitution underwent a complete change. The boy is almost six years old now, and the thought of a physician or of medicine is wholly foreign to him ; he is a healthy, vigorous child, and I cannot be too grateful for this proof of divine Love. In the course of the past winter error asserted itself in his case in the form of pain in the throat, the evidences to sense being rather alarming. I immediately applied for Christian Science treatment, and the little fellow was entirely well on the following day.
It would be impossible for me to tell here of all the blessings which I have experienced and am still experiencing. I would like to mention one more instance, however, which furnished me with a convincing proof of the power of divine Love. Two years ago, in the summer, our oldest boy was taken with so-called relaxation of the bowels, and to sense, very serious indications presented themselves. I wired to the Christian Science practitioner, asking for treatment, which was taken up for the child absently, with the result that on the same evening the boy regained his brightness, and a couple of days later all outward symptoms of disease had disappeared. In former attacks which did not appear so serious, the inharmonious conditions lasted for weeks, though medical treatment was given.
