I wish to express my gratitude for the many blessings that have come to me through the study of Christian Science. I decided to try it for the overcoming of constipation of eight years' standing. Prior to this I had relied on medicine for relief, but suddenly realized that my condition had not improved. I also realized that medicine did not cure disease; so I was reaching out for something better. I began to read "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and after reading the chapter on Prayer I remarked to my husband that this was the religion I had always wanted. After two weeks' treatment I was completely healed of this trouble.
That was about seventeen years ago, and since then I have had many beautiful healings, of sick headaches, colds, influenza, and other ills, and my hearing has improved. It had been affected since childhood, and at the time I became interested in Christian Science I was wearing artificial drums in each ear. Specialists had told me that my ear drums were entirely gone. After five years' study of Christian Science I was able to remove the artificial ear drums, and the hearing has gradually improved and is now almost normal. The unhappiness experienced during these years has been overcome, and I now have a great sense of joy and gratitude for this healing.
Four years ago I had another healing for which I am very grateful. I seemed to be manifesting a very discordant condition, suffering from insomnia and loss of appetite. This condition continued for four months, during which time I ate almost nothing and slept practically not at all. The thought of passing on was ever with me; but as I held to my life as "hid with Christ in God," the healing came. During this time, with the loving help of a practitioner, I was able to be up every day and attend church regularly. I also made a trip of two hundred and fifty miles in an automobile to visit a sister, making the trip in one day. Although I had not slept for six weeks, there were no ill effects. I am indeed grateful for the destroying of much error in my consciousness.— Long Beach, California.
