It is with the hope that my testimony may serve as an encouragement to some one who may be struggling to find release and deliverance "from the awful and oppressive bondage now enforced by false theories" (Science and Health, p. 151), that I am prompted to write it at this time.
Some sixteen years ago I was taken suddenly ill, and the condition developed into what is known in materia medica as epilepsy. Previous to this I had been a victim of severe headaches; otherwise I was in ordinary health, although as a child I was never considered very strong. I was constantly experimenting with all kinds of remedies, such as were prescribed or recommended, but none of them afforded more than temporary relief. I had one of the best physicians at that time in the place where I lived, but he could give me no encouragement. I had three young children, and I felt very keenly my inability to give them the care and training which they needed, for I never knew what moment I might again have to pass through what then seemed such an ordeal. We moved to a western city, and here my husband consulted a specialist and was told there was absolutely no remedy known in medical science that would effect a cure.
I was persuaded by kind friends to try Christian Science, and it is with gratitude I acknowledge the healing power of Truth, for I am better and stronger than ever before in my life. My healing was slow, for I had much to unlearn, and many times would be discouraged; indeed I was often almost on the verge of despair. I was under the care of a Christian Science practitioner the greater part of the time for more than two years, and I can never forget her forbearance, faithfulness, and sweet patience. It seemed such a stubborn case, until accidentally I learned that there was a thought of heredity in the family, my grandmother at one time having suffered from the same disease. Upon learning this, I told my practitioner, and she exclaimed, "The error is uncovered!" From that time on the attacks were less severe and less frequent, until they finally disappeared. The headaches are of rare occurrence and of a mild form compared with my former experience, and I rejoice that I have my remedy at hand, as an ever-present help.
