It is impossible to express in words my heartfelt gratitude for Christian Science. It has, indeed, brought to me "a new heaven and a new earth;" for the realization of what God is, is changing my whole consciousness, bringing to me a greater sense of security, a deeper understanding of what Paul meant when he declared that neither "things present, nor things to come, . . . shall be able to separate us from the love of God."
In early girlhood I was taken suddenly ill with what physicians supposed was the result of an injury to the nerves and muscles of the back. It was thought for some time that I would not live; but as I slowly gained some measure of health and strength, my parents were told I should probably be an invalid the rest of my life. I was in bondage to this belief for many years. When the thought of Christian Science healing was brought to my attention, my husband was a practicing physician. All that materia medica could do for me had been done. Specialists had been consulted, and their advice followed. I had been sent to a hospital in Chicago and given special treatments. Every new remedy that promised any help was tried; but I became more of an invalid every year. The suffering became so severe it seemed necessary to use opiates to alleviate the pain; and these were resorted to with increasing frequency, until the fear of becoming a slave to these drugs was added to my distress of mind and body.
With my husband's consent, I concluded to try Christian Science; but, like many others, I became impatient because I was not healed at once, and went back to material remedies. A year or more passed without any relief. Then I went to Chicago and was under the care of Christian Science practitioners for some time. I thought I was healed; but on returning to the environment and the medical thought of the home I did not have sufficient understanding to cling to the truth; and when temptation came I turned again to the use of drugs.
