Christian Science heals. The truth of this statement has been abundantly proved in my experience all along the way since first the healing ministry of this blessed revelation of our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, broke the gloom of a wretched little home and lifted a hopeless sufferer therein into health and happiness.
In 1909 I was given up by physicians. What a fortunate turn of affairs was that! I had worn glasses for seven years to allay a fear of failing eyesight. Then came facial paralysis, and another disease liable, according to the doleful verdict of the medical profession, to result in total blindness. I was advised by the doctors to quit my sophomore studies in a preparatory school, avoid all close application to the printed page, and seek work in a logging camp. Osteopathy, electric treatments, and other experiments left me seemingly stranded in the doldrums of despair and discouragement.
A kind lady, a Christian Scientist, under whose hospitable rooftree I was afterward to make my home for six years while finishing my preparatory and collegiate courses, volunteered a neighborly call at our home, which act of mercy was eventually to change the entire course of my life. She came to speak a word of good cheer, to tell of her wonderful healing in Christian Science after the doctors had given her up. But I was not quite ready for the truth. I needs must tarry during the summer in the hope of wearing out my troubles in a burst of hard work on a farm.
