In writing this testimony I recall St. Paul's words, "That God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ;" for I feel that I have indeed been shown "the mystery of Christ" through the understanding of Christian Science. I first, came into this understanding about one year ago, and since then have had some marvelous demonstrations of the power of Truth over physical ills. I did not, however, begin the study because of the healing I might experience. For some time previous I had been longing to know the truth about man and the universe, but there seemed to be no explanation in the popular doctrines.
I had worried over the questions, "Who am I?" "Who, and where is God?" until it seemed that life to me was a puzzle I could never solve. I have always had faith in God, and in Jesus as the true ideal, but his teachings were not all clear to me. About the time I was reaching out for Truth, my brother was sent to me from Texas in a critical condition, and in a few hours he became violently insane. We had a specialist visit him, who said he did not think my brother would ever recover, although he had no other trouble. I was expecting the birth of a child in a very short time, and the doctor would not let me keep my brother in the house or care for him; so he was sent to an asylum, which seemed more than I could bear—I was heart-broken.
Then one of my friends advised me to see a Christian Science practitioner, saying that if my brother could not be helped, she was sure I could be strengthened to bear the trouble. After my visit to the practitioner, she decided to treat him, and he was healed, as we believe, almost instantly. We did not see him, but the doctors there told us he was better, although they looked for a return of the symptoms. He, however, steadily improved and gained flesh, and wrote to me for some time before they would agree to permit him to come away. After they could see that he was all right, they said he must stay there five months longer anyway; but in six weeks I had him home, strong and well. The truth had healed him, and error could not hold him there. He went to work in a short time, is now working, and is perfectly well.
