For more than twenty years I was sick with chronic stomach trouble. Many of the best doctors in the country attended me, and they all told me that they had never seen a case like mine healed.
About nineteen years ago I heard of Christian Science through a member of my family. We were spending the summer in the North and a member of the family was taken very ill. Not being able to get the physician of her choice, she consented to try Christian Science, and with the aid of a practitioner eighty miles away was healed in twenty-four hours of the same trouble that I had. I witnessed this beautiful healing and decided that I would go to the same practitioner. I was a traveling man, and in a few days I left for my territory; and on my way we went to see this practitioner, and asked her if she would take my case. I shall never forget the first question she asked me, whether I believed in God. I told her that I did, but after she began to talk with me about God I could see why I had been sick for more than twenty years, for I realized that I had been wholly ignorant of what God is. I did not know, until after that audible treatment of one hour, that there was such happiness for one in this world. Then the practitioner told me to go home and eat what I wanted, and I did so; it was the first meal I had eaten for twenty years of which I was not afraid. That night I slept all night, without a care or responsibility. The practitioner told me to study the Lesson-Sermon from the Christian Science Quarterly every day; and I have done this, and sometimes even more than once a day. She also told me to be obedient to the Manual of The Mother Church. I left the city the next day for my territory. I do not believe a happier man ever left a city; I felt as if all my troubles were over.
I continued at my work for sixty days, just as happy as I could be. Then I felt approaching symptoms of an old disease, a terrible itching on my hands. This was on a Sunday. I seldom left my home on this day, but I felt that this time it was necessary, as I wanted to work out this problem alone. I was determined to prove for myself the truth about God, who had healed me. I started my study as soon as I boarded the train, and continued until I reached my destination. I always had to wear gloves during such times, as my hands itched so terribly. I studied until eleven o'clock, retired, and slept well until five o'clock in the morning, when I arose and studied until seven. I then pulled off my gloves and went to work perfectly healed. I have never had a symptom of eczema on my hands since, neither have I ever doubted that God is the only healer. I have been healed of many diseases, and I have not used a drop of medicine. Christian Science has done wonders for me. I am grateful to God for enabling Mrs. Eddy to show us the way in Christian Science, and to Mrs. Eddy for the great sacrifice she made for the world. I cannot close this testimony without mentioning my gratitude for a six weeks' stay at The Christian Science Benevolent Association sanatorium at Chestnut Hill. They were the happiest six weeks I ever spent.— Ardmore, Oklahoma.
