I think I should wait no longer to express my gratitude for the blessings that have come to me through Christian Science. I had been a careless Christian, attending church as the result of custom only, and nourishing within me a mind which looked at religion and the Bible as a puzzle to be left alone. I, however, thirsted for something more reasonable and practical, and while on the verge of utter indifference to things spiritual, I became interested in Christian Science through the remarkable change it brought in the health of my wife, who was healed by absent treatment while continually reading the textbook herself.
A knowledge of the truth has brought great good into my household, and its presence is better understood than before. Things which seemed gloomy, now have a silver lining, and the light is gradually increasing. I am growing to overcome my greatest opponent, fear; and although I have not been through any serious bodily illness, I think I have been cured of worse than that.
I am glad to say that I am one of a small band in this town, and I have had the privilege of reading the Lesson-Sermon regularly in our little reading-room. Although I am only a beginner in Christian Science, and despite the considerable odds which one has to face in the commercial world, I learn more and more of the truth every day, and it is my sincere hope that I shall in the end demonstrate man's real birthright.
If people would but read the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, as well as our other literature, then take up the subject of Christian Science seriously and think for themselves, they would realize and fulfil their duty toward God, toward themselves, and toward their neighbors, and thus learn wherein real happiness exists.—
