Eleven years have passed since my first healing in Christian Science. I was greatly in need of help, both mentally and physically, and sought a practitioner to be treated for an intestinal trouble of long standing. I requested treatment for that particular ill as a sort of test, because I had never heard it called imaginary even by the most skeptical. While I did not in the least understand the manner of my deliverance, it proved a strong incentive to continue the study of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" together with the Bible; but my progress was slow, and I was many times tempted to give up altogether.
When evidence of a malignant growth made its appearance, I was possessed by a fear which amounted almost to panic. This sent me again to a practitioner. No instantaneous healing resulted this time, but after weeks of faithful work on her part I received not only physical relief but mental and spiritual uplift as well. Through her gentle guidance I was led into the light, and the many blessings that have resulted inspire a gratitude too deep to be expressed, in words. Freedom from ills which had reduced me to a state of semi-invalidism is not the least of my blessings; for surely no possession could be more precious than the knowledge of an ever present, all-loving, and omnipotent God, and the proof that we can put to everyday practical use the teachings of Jesus.
It has been my privilege to prove this truth many times through reliance on divine Principle as taught by Mrs. Eddy, and the study of the Bible has become a daily help and joy instead of a perfunctory duty. Nothing in my life has brought with it so much good as Christian Science, and my one regret is that I was so slow in availing myself of its teachings. To make good use of the present I am trying to put into practice the truth as it unfolds, and so prove my thankfulness to God, and my gratitude to our Leader and the many friends who have so generously helped me.— Larchmont, N. Y.
