Testimony of Healing October 8, 1904 Issue

I would like to tell why I came to Christian Science

Charley D. Gordon

I would like to tell why I came to Christian Science. I was a physical wreck, had been an invalid nearly all my life. I had what the doctors called indigestion, and severe headaches with it. I became despondent and even thought of committing suicide to get out of my misery. I had heard that stomach trouble sometimes made people crazy, and I was getting to be reckless and did not let my family have any peace, I was so ill. I was a slave to the tobacco habit and had tried to quit it several times but could not. My physician had told me that it was injurious to me. I had taken many kinds of medicine and was getting worse all the time, but at last I tried Christian Science and was helped very much. I was helped several times, but did not give up my medicine until I thought I could never get well. I wanted to get out of my misery and then I turned to Christian Science and was healed, and have learned that "man's extremity is God's opportunity." I have also learned that God is our only Healer, and I would not dare to lean on any other. We have a different home now; my wife is studying Science and Health, and we have some beautiful demonstrations in our family.

I am so thankful to our dear Leader for the blessed truth she has brought to us in her book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," and also to my practitioner, who helped me so much in time of need. There are a few of us studying Christian Science here. We have no church yet, but I know the seed of truth will grow, for God will cause it to spring up quickly.

Charley D. Gordon, Saint Jo, Tex.

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