I am very grateful for Christian Science, and am glad to tell of my wonderful healing and the many blessings that have come to me through this teaching. I arrived here from the East on December 31, 1909, an entire stranger, and knowing nothing of Christian Science. I was then suffering from what is known as nervous prostration, which, in August, 1910, terminated in a complete mental and physical breakdown. During a fit of temporary insanity I undertook to put myself to sleep forever, as I thought of it, by taking poison. Next day I was found in my room and restored to a semblance of health, but for nearly two years I was mentally unbalanced, physically ill, and was also suffering intensely from homesickness.
I-was finally led to seek help in Christian Science, although I knew nothing of this teaching, and was restored to health and happiness. A recurrence of the desire to end my life caused me to consult the practitioner, and I was greatly helped after the first treatment, but I did not study as faithfully as I should have done, and it was necessary again to ask for help, which was of course received. I purchased a copy of Science and Health, and began to attend church and to study regularly. I am now a member of The Mother Church, of a local church, and a teacher in the Sunday school. I have also been privileged to work for some time on the literature distribution committee. As a result of my healing, one of my daughters has become interested in Christian Science, although she is not yet a member of the church. Seeing what has been done for me, other members of my family, although not ready to receive the truth themselves, are not at all antagonistic, but encourage me all they can. Peace and love and harmony now reign in my household.
I send this testimony out of gratitude for Christian Science, for our Leader's devotion to it for the benefit of mankind, for the work of the practitioners, and for all the literature which Mrs. Eddy in her wisdom has provided for us.— Portland, Ore.
