It has been my desire for some time to express my gratitude for the understanding of God and His perfect creation which has been revealed to me through the study of Christian Science. The first time the light of Truth dawned upon my darkened sense was indeed most wonderful. 1 had suffered for several years from nervous prostration, until in agony one day I cried unto God for help. A few days afterwards, a lady whom I knew to be a Christian Scientist spoke to me, and I simply said, "I wish I had the faith in God that you have." She replied, "God is no respecter of persons," and then invited me to her apartment, where she explained, in the simplest words, the great truth about God and His image, man. So clearly did the light shine of this understanding that almost instantly I saw the falsity of the material and the truth of the spiritual. I pondered over the things she had told me, and every spare moment read from the Bible and "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, and awakened one morning feeling so free, happy, and joyous, that those about me wondered. Each member of my family appeared more beautiful than before; my little home seemed overflowing with light; it was indeed a glimpse of heaven. Since then I have had many proofs of Truth's power over error and its effects in the overcoming of whooping cough, measles, grippe, headaches, and other discordant conditions. For these healings I am most grateful. There have been seasons of severe mental conflict, when the old nature has reasserted itself, but the great, eternal fact that my true being is spiritual, at one with God, untouched by these false assertions, has thus far proved victorious.
Another thing for which I am grateful is the overcoming of a false sense of love, from which I turned to divine Love and again found release, comfort, and peace. My desire is to prove myself worthy of this truth, to be more loyal to it, to be willing to leave all for Christ, the true idea of God.
A deep sense of appreciation arises for the practitioners, who by their patience, love, tender rebukes, and untiring watchfulness, are meeting and destroying, uncovering and casting out, the many false beliefs that are holding, or trying to hold, mankind in bondage.— San Antonio, Texas.
