Article January 5, 1899 Issue

Appetite for Strong Drink Destroyed

Martha Hartman

It was in 1894 that my husband was healed. He had been sick for three years, was given up by three physicians, and seemed ready to pass away at any time. He had inflammation of the bowels and several other diseases, also something growing in his side. He was never free from pain. His sister was healed through this Truth, and advised him to try it. He did so, and was ready to go to work in one week.

He had found the Truth, and we got the book Science and Health, studied it, and have been able to overcome sickness and accidents. My husband had a very strong appetite for drink, and had tried to get rid of it. He took the Keeley Cure, and that was good only for a short time and then he was worse. But after he had been in Christian Science for six months his appetite left him entirely in one night. That was over three years ago, and he has never had the least desire for it since. Words cannot express my gratitude to Christian Science for that one thing.

In five months we moved to Missouri, where they had never heard of Christian Science, but we were able with our books and what little understanding we had to handle whatever came up, and there was where we learned to lean on God as our "ever-present help." After one year we came to Clinton, Iowa, where we went through a class. I was healed of dyspepsia and several other complaints through reading Science and Health, and I cannot tell what happiness it has brought into our home. We have three grown children, and they are all members of the Christian Science Church. How my heart goes out Mrs. Eddy with love and gratitude for all she has gone through that we might know the way. I have had many good demonstrations, especially among animals.

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