I have a great desire to tell the discouraged and broken-hearted what a grand thing it is to know God aright. I came to Christian Science for health, but I will not try to tell all about my ailments, for I was said to be diseased from head to feet. When I first heard of this new-old truth, and even after I began to take treatment, I never thought that it would bring me into new-born life; but it has. I will not try to tell what this teaching is, for it cannot be expressed in words; it can only be experienced. I first heard of Christian Science in 1910, and was cured by absent treatment. The worst ailment I had was stomach trouble. My father had passed on with the same disease, and what I lacked of being gone was not much. I however kept on praying for something to cure me, for I had two little girls to raise, and it wrung my heart to think of leaving them behind. In reading the Bible I would see where Christ Jesus had healed the sick, and I wondered if I could not be healed in that way. I do thank God for sending the message of Christian Science to me then.
I have learned in Christian Science that prayer will cure every ill. I am now a well, strong woman, and it has all been done through Christian Science. Now I am striving to love my neighbor as myself, to be pure in heart, and to be perfect with God, as the Bible teaches. I am longing to attend a Christian Science church. The Bible is a new book to me, for Science and Health truly opens up the Scriptures. In the struggle with bad health I would often ponder the Master's words, but at times I would think that perhaps it was God's will for me to suffer out my life, that this was possibly the only way for me to gain a home in heaven; but I am thankful to know that God is too just to send suffering on His children. What a grand thing it is to understand God, instead of merely believing on Him!
To those who are seeking health or any blessing, I would say, Just lay down all for Christ and take your problem to God in prayer. Do not stop to consider any material thing, for matter has no power. God is all-power, and He is Love.— Ravenden, Ark.
