I am happy to tell the world how Christian Science has lifted me out of the debris of error into the realm of health, peace, happiness, assurance, and protection.
Several years ago I had reached the age at which many women believe they have to go through a great ordeal. I was on the verge of nervous prostration, and had dizzy spells, which were followed by great nausea. I would not recover from the effects of these spells for two or three days. I was cross and irritable, full of self-pity and self-righteousness. I thought all the members of the family should know how I felt, and because they did not seem to realize my condition I was full of resentment. My husband insisted that I call a doctor, who said that I should have to take a complete rest. This seemed impossible, because I had a large family. The doctor left me some medicine, but I did not take much of it, as I had always believed more in prayer and faith, although I did not know how to separate the chaff from the wheat.
Then, in answer to my prayer to be a well and happy woman, Christian Science came to me. My eldest daughter attended the church sometimes, and told me that a new edition of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy had been published. Previous to this, my husband had accepted some old books in payment of a legal fee. Among them was an 1888 edition of Science and Health. My husband became interested in this book and read to me from it every night. Shortly after this I experienced a very easy childbirth, for which I did not give Christian Science credit until years later. However, this book was so entirely different from anything I had ever read, and the beauty of the language and the purity of the thought had so impressed me, that I expressed a desire for a copy of the latest edition. My daughter made me a present of the Bible, Science and Health, and a Christian Science Quarterly. At first I was seemingly so nervous that I could read only a few pages at a time, but in a short while, through this reading, I was able to sleep peacefully at night. I read this book, not for healing, but because I thought it was so beautiful and because it uplifted me spiritually. After I had read it nearly through, I looked in the back of the book and saw the testimonies of healing. It was then that I realized I had been healed by reading the book.
