For twelve years my health had not been good, and at last, when all the medicine that I had constantly been taking ceased to help me, I was obliged to go to a hospital. The physicians made several examinations and X-rayed me. The diagnosis was very discouraging to me: my right hip was permanently deformed and a large gallstone could not be removed without danger. With great precautions and divers expensive treatments, I could at best get a little relief from pain, I was told.
Just then, in my greatest need, Christian Science came to me through a sister who had received some wonderful healings with the aid of this truth. I told her it was of no use trying to teach me a new faith, as I did not want to be a hypocrite. For three months, however, I tried to study "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, but without noticeable results. Nevertheless, I was curious to know more of this new religion, so I went to a practitioner. From this time on my life was changed. The drugs I had used for so long I threw away. My eager study of the Bible according to Mrs. Eddy's teachings, understandingly guided by the faithful practitioner, opened my eyes to its eternal truths. This study made me learn to forget the body, and I can hardly name the time when my family suddenly noticed that I was walking without sticks and almost without limping. The gallstone trouble was healed in one treatment.
This occurred four years ago, and instead of being continually liable to infections of different kinds, influenza and a sore throat, I am now entirely healthy. My family also has experienced the blessings of Christian Science to a great extent. My youngest daughter suffered from what the doctor considered to be the beginning of asthma, but she was instantaneously healed when the practitioner opened her eyes to the nothingness of evil and the all-presence of God. At school she was greatly helped both physically and mentally, when she realized that, in reality, her schoolmates and teachers were all God's children and were reflecting divine good. Once a broken arm was healed in two weeks through our clinging to Truth.
