"It is more blessed to give than to receive" (Acts 20:35). I have gained so much good from reading the Christian Science periodicals that I desire to give in one of them my expression of gratitude for the many blessings which I have received through the teachings of the Holy Scriptures and of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy.
In 1898 I became deeply interested in Christian Science through reading a copy of the Journal. At that time I was troubled with a ruptured condition which the physicians said nothing but a surgical operation could relieve. After reading articles and testimonies in the Journal, I felt certain that I too could be healed through the power of God.
The next morning I went to the office of a practitioner, whose address I found in the Journal. He asked me what my "seeming trouble" was. This sounded rather strange to me. I took out the truss I had been wearing and showed it to him. I told him that I had read a Journal the previous evening and was convinced that I could be healed; that I had walked fifty-one blocks to his office without the truss and had not suffered any pain, whereas before this I could not stand for any length of time or walk without suffering severe pains unless I wore a truss. Then he said, "Your faith has made you whole; you do not need any treatments." I replied, "Oh, yes, I must have some kind of treatments, for the doctors have said I must have an operation, and I have made all arrangements." So he gave me a present treatment and a week's absent treatment, and by then I was fully convinced that I was healed and would remain so. From that day until this I have not been troubled with that condition; in fact, I have not been confined to the house one day from sickness, although I have had to battle with some severe attacks of illness.
