I feel that I can never express in words the deep love and reverence for God which has come to me through the understanding of Christian Science. I can never fully express all the gratitude that is in my heart for the blessings I have received, but I write this testimony with the hope that it will be of some benefit to those who may read it.
From childhood I suffered with my eyes. I had three operations, the last one being performed in this city, and I lost the sight of one eye. I was always sickly, and was under treatment for various illnesses in five different hospitals in San Francisco. As time went on my eyes troubled me more and more; then the terrible headaches and pain were unbearable. I was often seized with periods of sudden blindness, and was told that these were caused by kidney trouble. The physicians did all in their power to relieve my suffering, but at last they said they could do no more for me. I had tried all known material remedies, and the only thing that would give me relief at times was an anesthetic, the taking of which grew to be a habit.
I lost a baby boy at this time, and the physician attending him told me he had died of heart failure, inherited from me. I cannot outline all the suffering I endured, nor do I desire to do so. Life seemed so dark, and I knew not how to pray. Is it any wonder that I doubted God? Yet divine Love was helping me more than I realized.
