For many years I was a great sufferer from what doctors pronounced a stomach trouble, ulcers on the liver, and gall-stones; in fact, I did not know what it was to have a well day. In January, 1909, not knowing what else to do, I called on a Christian Science practitioner for help, and when the lady came she told me that God did not make me sick, as I had supposed, because God is Love.
I had been brought up by Christian parents, was a member of a church, had been taught that God was to be feared, and that we must thank Him for every pain, every loss, as He caused these in order to bring us nearer Him; but I had never heard of the loving Father as He was presented to me in Christian Science, or what it really means to be His child. On leaving me, the practitioner said I could eat anything I wished and that it could not hurt me, for God had given His children dominion over all things. The next morning I was dressed, walked one block to see a sick sister, and on my return had dinner with the family. I then went down-town and bought a copy of Science and Health, and after supper I walked four blocks and spent the evening with friends. Since then I have proven the words of Christ Jesus as found in the last chapter of Mark, where we read: "And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues." Believe what? Why, believe that God is Love; that He is all-power and ever present; that He heals all our diseases, and that with divine Love, not with medicine, for He says, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
Since January, 1909, I have taken no medicine, and our family of five have all proven the healing power of divine Love. One, in bondage to a sense of defective eyesight, said by different oculists to be incurable, was given perfect sight. I feel very thankful for the Bible as opened up to me by the "Key to the Scriptures" supplied us by our Leader, Mrs. Eddy. I am also thankful for the many disciples all over the world who are now teaching that God is Love, and healing in Christ's name. —Mrs. Grand Rapids, Mich.
