In the fall of the year 1914 I lay looking into space, weary of life, of suffering, and wondering what I could do next in the search for health and happiness. I had suffered acutely for many years from gastritis, ulcer of the stomach, and mucous colitis, following peritonitis. I had consented to three operations, each of which left me in a weaker condition, instead of giving me the healing I so much desired. I was hardly ever free from pain, and was unable to eat any food without intense suffering. It seemed as though I had exhausted the efforts of three medical practitioners.
Then there came a ray of light in the darkness which very soon illuminated my whole life. My dear sister, who was then a young student of the wonderful and beautiful truth of Christian Science, asked me if I would try Christian Science. I said that I would try it, but did not think it could be different from any other religion. A copy of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, was purchased, and I began to study in earnest the Bible and the textbook. By the time I had read the first chapter in the textbook, on Prayer, I realized that God's work is already done, and that I must do mine. I tried to know that God made man free from all sickness and sin, and that error is a manifestation of fear and mortal mind. As I read, I began to feel my freedom, and to use my God-given dominion over error. To my great joy, with the right application of Christian Science I had a perfect healing of the stomach trouble in three weeks, and the healing of mucous colitis was perfected in eighteen months. I was also healed almost instantaneously of pain on the top of my head and of acute depression. I have now been in perfect health for over eleven years. I cannot express in words all the gratitude I feel for what Christian Science has done for me, and what God has done for me, He will do for all.— Haxby, York, England.
It is with a deep sense of thankfulness that I can say the above testimony of my wife is true in every particular. I am truly grateful for her healing, and all the joy that has come with it.—
