For twenty years before this blessed truth found me I had searched for remedies, and had tried everything that offered any hope of relief from the bondage of sickness, which would manifest itself in various forms. During a period of about three years I tried twelve doctors in Chicago. These doctors failed to relieve me, and I had almost reached the point of desperation. I could not work more than two or three hours a day, and sometimes would be compelled to stay home for three or four days at a time on account of sickness.
The doctor in charge of the medical department where I was employed ordered me to report for an examination. He followed my case for about a month, then ordered an X-ray picture to be taken. This photograph revealed a very bad case of so-called incurable tuberculosis of the lungs. As a result of this discovery, I was placed on the sick list and not allowed to work. The doctor said the best thing for me to do was to go West. But how could I go? I was like the woman in the Bible who had spent all her substance on doctors and was none bettered. The only thing I could do was to accept his next best advice, which was to rest and have plenty of fresh air. This I did for about three months; but at the end of that period I could not walk one block without giving out.
Fortunately, however, in the meantime we moved, and were located in a building where some Christian Scientists lived. These people, seeing my condition, asked me if I would care to read some literature on Christian Science; and when I expressed my willingness to do so, they lent me a copy of the Christian Science Sentinel. In this Sentinel I read the testimony of a man who was healed of the same trouble I had. This started me on the road from sense to Soul; and in about six weeks I was back at my old job, much to the surprise of the doctor. In about a year after the first X-ray picture was taken, another was taken. The last picture revealed no activity of the trouble whatever; and the same doctor—the one in charge of the medical department where I was working— said, "I will take my hat off to you, it 's the most remarkable healing I ever witnessed." Of course, I had many battles to fight before the complete healing came; but every battle fought brought me nearer to the realization of the blessed truth that makes free.
