I have been in Christian Science since August, 1902

C.M. McC.

I have been in Christian Science since August, 1902. The first of May, 1902, to please my wife I changed my doctor. He immediately pronounced my trouble locomotor-ataxia. I would not believe this, so I took him over to see a doctor that I had been with ever since I was seventeen years of age, and he said that the other doctor wrong.

I was extremely nervous and I made up my mind that I would have to go away for a little rest. I left Chicago the last part of June and went to Hyannisport, Mass. When I got there I was a physical wreck. It was very hard for me to walk in the daytime and I had to have somebody's arm and always had to carry a lantern at night. I was obliged to pull myself upstairs by the banisters and had to support myself when I went down. I kept taking my medicine, but I found that it did me no good.

When we left Chicago a friend gave my wife Mrs. Eddy's book, Science and Health, and I finally threw my medicine away, knowing that it did not help me. One day I was very sick and a Christian Scientist with whom we were staying came to see me. She talked to me for an hour and a half, and after that I could eat anything I wanted. Both of my feet and my legs to my knees would go to sleep, and it was very hard for me to wake them up.

After this I met an old neighbor who had been a complete wreck for two years. She had gone south and west for her health but received no benefit. Finally she went to a sanitarium where her nurse was a Christian Scientist. She was recommended to a practitioner, and in three weeks she was a well woman. This old friend introduced me to a practitioner who gave me treatment until I returned home. I neglected to say that my left arm was in such a condition that I lost control of it for a week. When I arrived at Chicago I went to a practitioner and worked with him in Christian Science for three months, and finally I was able to walk straight. I walked from nine o'clock in the morning until half past five in the afternoon every day except Sunday.

I attended First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Chicago, every Sunday morning and every Wednesday night, and I got so that I could go up and down stairs holding a glass of water without spilling it. In many other trying experiences I have proved the practical balm of Christian Science.

In March I had an attack of appendicitis which was cured in three weeks. Later I fell from a car and injured my knee. I knew that my knee was bleeding, but I went about my business until I could get to my office and put a handkerchief around it. Now I am a perfectly well man. I had worn glasses since I was seventeen, but I don't carry them with me any more. I wish to thank God and express my gratitude to Mrs. Eddy, and to my practitioner for what they have done for me. While I was not a man that ever drank very much, I have not used any liquor in seven months. I used to smoke a great deal, but I have not smoked for three months.— C.M. McC., Chicago, Ill.

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