"Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy" (Ps. 107:2). I have been so many times "redeemed from the hand of the enemy"—false material beliefs—that I should like to "say so" through the channels of our periodicals and to express my sincere gratitude for all that Christian Science has done for me and mine.
When this Science found me I had for many years been seeking health and strength through material means and had spent almost an entire year in hospitals and sanatoriums. On the way home from one of these places I stopped to visit relatives. One day a dearly loved uncle found me crying and asked if he could help me in any way. I told him how discouraged I was in the search for health and said that my life was not worth living. " 'Man's extremity is God's opportunity,' " he said in a cheerful voice. "Would you like to try Christian Science?" At my request he took me to a practitioner. In one week from that time I returned home free and happy, feeling like a completely different person.
Some time later my mother noticed that I was having difficulty in using my arm and insisted upon taking me to a doctor in a nearby city. The doctor's diagnosis was that I had a tumor which required an immediate operation. I asked my mother to give me twenty-four hours before consenting to the operation, and the next day I went to a Christian Science practitioner. My discomfort ceased almost at once, and the operation was never mentioned again. When the tumor disappeared I do not know, but one day I realized that it was gone. After that many healings took place, among them those of broken bones and pneumonia. Grief, extreme timidity, and sensitiveness were overcome.
