Words would fail me to express my gratitude for the many blessings I have received through Christian Science. It came to me when I was sorely in need of help, in what seemed to me the first real grief I ever knew, and although I had been a member of a church for twenty-three years I never knew God until after taking up the study of Christian Science. I can now say as did Job, "I know that my redeemer liveth."
A little over two years ago my eldest son enlisted in the Canadian army, being yet only a boy of eighteen years, and his father, determined not to let him go alone, enlisted a month later, but not long afterward was taken sick with what seemed an unknown disease, was sent to the hospital but received no help, and was told that he could never go overseas. This proved a fatal blow to him; and he was sent home to die. Unable to understand the allness of God, he passed on in a few days. With the loss of my husband came trouble I never knew before: poverty stared me in the face. I had five children to support, and where I had found friends before, now I had none.
It was then that I found help in Christian Science. A copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" had been loaned me, Journals and Sentinels were given me to read, financial help was also given me, and then came the breaking of a stubborn will. While reading an article in the Sentinel it was realized that I had in reality no enemies. I was beginning to feel rebellious, when there was nothing to rebel against except my own faults, wrong beliefs. I even felt resentful toward the recruiting officer, who it seemed to me had helped to rob me of my son and husband, and had looked upon him as an enemy. Then the time came when I had to go to him for advice, and instead of an enemy I found a very helpful friend, which proved to me that there are no enemies in God's kingdom. In due time the Government granted me a pension and support for my young children, and all the money due from the time of my husband's departure came to me.
