It is with a heart filled with gratitude for health and happiness gained through Christian Science that I send this testimony. I had been interested in Christian Science for a number of years, but had worked with it only in a feeble way. At last I had a great deal of trouble and sorrow, and while in this condition of thought I was taken sick in November, 1911, with a very severe case of throat affection. I called for Christian Science treatment, but did not seem willing to let go of the things that had caused me so much suffering, so I made little headway. One ailment would disappear only to be followed by another.
This state of affairs lingered until the non-Science members of the family, and some of the neighbors, were aroused and insisted on a doctor being called. The first doctor said I was a nervous wreck and there were symptoms of tuberculosis. A second one said he could do nothing for me; that the trouble appeared to be tuberculosis, but even if it were not, there was nothing to build on. A third one was called, and he said it was tuberculosis; that I probably could not live longer than a week. As the doctors gave no hope and said they could do nothing, we again turned to Christian Science for help.
This was about the last of December. By this time my throat had been eaten out by ulcers so that I could not control the swallowing, and I choked on trying to take even a little water. Then my voice left me. My eyes were in such a condition that I could not see to read; I also had great difficulty in breathing and was so weak I could not move, while my arms and limbs were so numb I had no control over them. When I again began treatment in Christian Science, there was a steady gain in every way. Soon after the practitioner was called, I fell asleep and slept for two hours. In a short time I was able to move myself in bed and take a little liquid food. By the first of March I could walk across the floor with help. I had to learn to walk, just as a child would.
