A dear sister has supplied me with Christian Science literature for the past ten years or more, and I have learned to appreciate it more than all other literature combined except the Bible, which it has taught me to love and study with an understanding never before possible. I have always been a lover of good and sacred things and had laid my all on the altar, my greatest desire being to serve God truly. How He has answered my prayers with more than I could "ask or think" and in so unexpected a way, is more than can be understood by one who has not a practical knowledge of Christian Science. My own nearest and dearest of earthly friends all warned me that it was antichristian. Being thus warned I entered very slowly and cautiously upon the study of this teaching and many times decided to have nothing more to do with it, but when the leaven has once found a lodgment in our hearts, sooner or later it will leaven the whole lump. How I thank Christian Science for removing at one sweep all the superstitious beliefs in devils and supernatural spirits in general, for not many have suffered from fear as I did.
I have had many beautiful proofs of the efficacy of Christian Science. A pain in my back which troubled me greatly just when I most needed to be strong has been overcome. Sometimes I could only step with the greatest of care, for the least jar gave me a piercing pain. I applied what I understood of the truth and went on with my work, forgetting all about my back. I did not realize for months and even years that I had been healed instantaneously; indeed not until I began to notice that I could lift a whole wash boiler full of water and do anything I needed to do without suffering from lumbago. This healing occurred about ten years ago and I have had no return of the ailment.
Still I doubted and became discouraged when the clouds hung heavy; discouragement overcame me many times. It told me I should be ashamed to pretend to be a Christian until I was able to live more perfectly, but through reading a very helpful article in one of the Sentinels I was shown how well pleased a parent is with the child who is learning to walk, and with what approval he regards it when it quickly gets up after a fall and tries over again. How much more does our heavenly Father rejoice when we triumph over obstacles!
