It is from a heart full of gratitude that I am impelled to write my testimony, in the hope that some one who is in trouble may take courage from my experience. I have been in Christian Science about seven years, and I read Science and Health for two years before that. I did not become interested in the first place on account of my own physical need, but because I thought it might help another; and so I was content to read along and take what I thought I needed and what seemed good to me and still continue in my old church.
In December, 1905, I was very ill, and I continued in a serious condition, under the care of a doctor and a trained nurse, for three months. I am sure I had all that a skilled physician and the best of care could do, but I was to sense a nervous and physical wreck. No one knows what tortures I endured, for I was so frightened at my condition that I did not dare talk about it. It seemed such a strange thing for me to have lost self-control; and I was afraid of everything. I surely know that "fear hath torment."
We were living in Boston, and in April, 1906, I told the doctor that I wanted to try Christian Science. He replied that if there were anything that would relieve me he would be glad. I went to a practitioner and put myself under her care; and I am grateful beyond words for the loving patience and understanding of the practitioners who have helped me. In September of the same year we came to South Bend to live. It was a struggle for me to give up the church in Boston and the Christian Science friends there, but we very soon found that God's love and care are everywhere.
