By education and practice I am an engineer; what might perhaps be called a "self-made" one, in that I have not had the advantages of certain training which has been the privilege of others; and much that has been learned has been acquired when others were asleep, although at the time, I was doing a full day's work. I wish I might earlier in life have had the help received during the past eight years from the study of Christian Science.

In my study of engineering, preference was given those writers whose teachings were most lucid and explicit, and in the effort to gain a practical application of the subject I associated with those who possessed the clearest understanding of the principles of engineering, and who could, therefore, best enable me to apply what I had learned.

Throughout my life I have respected the teachings of the Bible and have taken rather an active part in Church and Sunday-School work, improving each opportunity to hear the famous ministers of the gospel, and have had intimate association with some of them; have heard and read their sermons in order to understand the Bible, and thank them one and all for the great good received from them; but under their teaching I did not get what was needed, for it all seemed to point to a God who was afar off, and it was a big question whether I was ever going to get where He had His abiding place.

I continued to drift until led to read "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," which I did in order to determine whether it was a fit book for my daughter, and for nearly eight years I have been a constant student of Mrs. Eddy's teachings, simply because I have found what I was seeking,— the truth, the simple, every-day, easily understood truth of which Jesus spoke when he said, "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." The same truth expressed in Joshua, first chapter: "Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest."

This truth has made me free, free from things none others know, save the great Liberator, and in a measure the new heaven and the new earth are mine. Furthermore this truth has saved the life of the dearest person on earth to me,—my wife,—having healed her of consumption; and in addition to all this it has brought into our home life a condition of peace and joy possible only under Christian Science.

The Bible is, unquestionably, the greatest book ever written and the great need of man is to be able to read it understandingly so that he may use it as his constant guide in all his affairs. Everywhere it teaches the inseparable union of God, and man made in God's image and likeness, and the sole mission of the Church is to make this plain; but how few of us believe that its teachings are practical and applicable to all our needs. That if we lack wisdom, we may ask of God that giveth to all men liberally.

Take the 23rd Psalm, "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want." Do we believe this, and do we understand that it is as true as that twice two are four? that it means we shall not lack intelligence, wisdom, the power to do right?

"Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; there shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling,"—is literally and absolutely true when we make God our habitation; and Christian Science makes this plain.

In Mrs. Eddy's writings I have learned how to get close to God and how to avail myself in an increasing degree of these glorious promises which reveal the great truth uttered by Jesus when he said, "The kingdom of God is at hand:" "The kingdom of God is within you." This teaching has made it possible for me to make the Bible my guide in business and social life, and has brought out results not possible under other conditions. It brings the results today as well as in all time, and makes it possible to "pray without ceasing" and to "do all to the glory of God."

I study Mrs. Eddy's writings to-day for just the same reason that I study the writings of certain well-known engineers in preference to others; viz., because of the practical help received therefrom.

When as children we took up the study of arithmetic we did not quarrel with the author because we could not do a sum in compound fractions, but we began with the simple lessons, learned the rules, practised what we learned, progressed, and understood what we should demonstrate. We should take Science and Health the same way, not trying to make its author say what we would like to find there, but trying to bring our thought to understand what she says, and to practise what we have learned. Doing this, we grow, and bless the day we began the study, and we find in Christian Science a high concept of God and man, and ideal devotion, a loving humility, and a lucid explanation of the life and mission of Jesus the Christ which enables us to follow close to him. It enables us to arise like the Prodigal and go to our Father that we may enjoy the sunshine of his love and enter into the fulness of our inheritance as his children.

I gratefully acknowledge the great good that has come to me and mine through Mrs. Eddy. She has made the world better, and is blessed of God and her life work verifies the fact that for every great event there is always one of remarkable receptivity to Truth, who meets the needs of the occasion.

It is small wonder that a church possessing the power to banish sickness should get on well.—Boston Herald.