In 1898 my parents became interested in Christian Science when my mother received an instantaneous healing of tuberculosis of the bowels, after the physicians had stated that she could not recover and would live only a few hours. As the nearest Christian Science church was twenty miles away, the argument of not having contact with the church finally gained ground, and they returned to their old church. However, during the time they studied Christian Science I was born, a sickly babe of but six pounds, and even then beginning to manifest so much discord that I lost weight. For the consecrated and earnest help of a loving practitioner at that time I am happy to voice my sincere gratitude, as each physical difficulty was healed, and I became a normal, healthy child.
Twenty years later my mother was again very ill, and we were told that no encouragement could be given us and that it was quite probable she would not recover. We children had always been told of the lovely healings we had experienced while our parents applied Christian Science, so it seemed quite natural at this point to suggest that we again apply it. Mother consented, so we obtained the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and read every moment we could. It is interesting to note that the Cause had now grown so that Wilkes-Barre had a thriving Christian Science church and Reading Room. Within a short time we asked for treatment from a practitioner, started attending the church services regularly, and sincerely studied Mrs. Eddy's writings and the other authorized literature, as we had learned that we must get a firm foundation on which to build, so that we should not again experience retrogression.
During the last thirteen years we have had many battles to fight; but as the battles with the lion and the bear gave David courage to go forth against Goliath, so we have received fresh courage with each experience, and have been able to prove beyond the slightest doubt the power of Truth and the powerlessness of error. Within our home we have seen ptomaine poisoning, pneumonia, sprained ankle, and various children's diseases healed by the application of Christian Science.
