Since childhood I had sought after a religion that would give me entire satisfaction because the dogma of the religion to which I subscribed did not still my longing. But many years passed during which I was prepared by deep sorrow to accept the right understanding of God as presented by Christian Science; that understanding which reconciles religion and Science. My life, which at one time seemed a failure, has become beautiful and rich in unfoldment.
About five years ago it seemed as if I had lost all that could make life dear. Yet what seemed the hardest to bear was my child's illness, which, in the opinion of the foremost physicians, was so serious that she would have to spend many years in the hospital, strapped to a mattress; and even then it could not be told whether or not she would be deformed for life. As a result of this deep stirring of human emotions an old abdominal trouble reappeared with me, and in addition I lost my hearing almost entirely. The outlook on life for myself and my child being so entirely devoid of hope and joy, I resolved to make an end of it for us both. On the morning of that day an acquaintance told me of Christian Science. I reasoned that, inasmuch as everything was at an end anyway, I might try it as a last resort. In a Reading Room I obtained the address of a practitioner, upon whom I called immediately. I stayed with her for two hours, and this interview was the turning point in my life; a new and glorious outlook on life was mine. I had been given an understanding of God such as I had sought all my life, and it filled me with a wonderful joy. I read the textbook almost continually, and after two weeks, to my great joy and surprise, I was healed of the abdominal trouble of four years' standing, which in the physicians' opinion had been chronic. My hearing was so much better that I was able once more to converse with my fellow men.
To the great surprise of the doctors my daughter was healed within about a year; and in two additional weeks she had learned to walk again, despite the physicians' verdict that she would not walk for four or five years. Today she is a bright, healthy, happy child, and attends the Christian Science Sunday School regularly.
