Before coming into Christian Science I seemed to have lost all hope and ambition in life and spent many hours in loneliness and despair, but always praying, with the hope that God would adjust things so that I would be happier. Then I became acquainted with a lady who invited me to live in her home and I gladly accepted her invitation. It was not so easy, however, for me to accept her religion, Christian Science, until compelled to do so by proofs of its healing power. After taking up the study of it I realized that this was the answer to my prayer, for I was no longer unhappy and lonely. I had something to live for; my life was full instead of empty and I was beginning to forget self. I was healed of severe headaches, appendicitis, acute indigestion, and many other ailments, but more than this my disposition changed for the better daily. For all these blessings I am very grateful, but more so for the spiritual uplift and the different aim in life.
I am also very grateful for class instruction. It has aroused a greater desire to bring "into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ," and I realize the necessity of doing this, before I can follow Mrs. Eddy's admonition in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" (p. 210), "Beloved Christian Scientists, keep your minds so filled with Truth and Love, that sin, disease, and death cannot enter them." Words are inadequate to express my gratitude for Christian Science, and for our Leader's self-sacrificing life and her devotion to Truth. I am grateful for all our literature, and particularly for the Lesson-Sermons. My daily prayer is for growth in wisdom and understanding.— Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
