I desire to give thanks for many benefits received through Christian Science.
Twenty-eight years ago this religion was first presented to me, but I rejected it because it was the work of a woman. Fifteen years ago it was again brought to my notice through literature left in the lounge of a hotel where I was staying. At that time I was suffering a great deal, so I planned to see a practitioner; but just then I moved from that place and did not follow up the matter. About thirteen and a half years ago, when my need was greatest, a copy of our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, was lent to me by one not herself interested in Christian Science, and it opened a door which can never be shut.
I have been healed of many complaints, including suicidal tendencies, influenza, which I have not had for years now, deafness, sciatica, swollen liver, a nervous breakdown, a stiff knee, the taking of alcoholic drinks to please other people, excess of coffee and tea, tobacco smoking (fifty to sixty cigarettes a day), and many other things. Difficulties due to differences of race, language, nationality, and class have been overcome. I was healed of lack through giving. I used to have frequent bilious attacks, headaches, and colds, but these are very much less frequent now. Some of these healings have been slow, some quick, even instantaneous. In some cases I have had the loving help of practitioners; in others my own slight understanding has sufficed.
I am also grateful for the growing recognition that Christian Science is Science; that it reveals clearly the truth about God and man. One year while away from my usual home I was healed of loneliness through the spiritual understanding of the passage on page 293 of Science and Health, where Mrs. Eddy speaks of "the spiritual forces of divine Mind . . . whose adhesion and cohesion are Life." It was illuminating to see why our Leader put adhesion before cohesion: if individuals are adhering to one and the same Principle, they cannot be separated from each other; they cohere.
If there is much overcoming still to be done, I am not discouraged, because I know that it can be done. To God and to all His servants who, in past ages as now, have worked and are working that the light of inspiration may be broadcast, my heart is always giving thanks.— Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
