It is now a year since I heard of Christian Science

John Rautzke

It is now a year since I heard of Christian Science. About three years ago I suffered much with backache. One day I came home suffering so intensely that I could hardly move. We sent for a doctor, who prescribed two kinds of medicine for me, which I took. In about three weeks an abscess formed on the abdomen which was afterwards lanced, and a short time later it had to be lanced again. I was under the physician's treatment for three months, at which time I had much bladder trouble. We sent for another physician, who, after an examination, ordered me to be taken to a hospital immediately, where an operation was at once performed. Twelve days after the first operation a second one was performed. The physician said that I had consumption of the bladder. For four months I was treated daily, when another operation was performed. I spent seven months and two weeks in the hospital, but the wound in the bladder would not heal. At that time my wife had me taken home in a carriage. I was so weak that I could not walk a block. The wound had to be dressed daily. I had been home for three weeks when rheumatism set in, which affected the nerves of my back. I could no longer walk upright, and every step caused me great suffering. This lasted for two months, when one day my wife on returning home told me of Christian Science. I took treatment, and though the healing was slow, one trouble after another disappeared. Right here I wish to say that the doctor had given me no hope of recovery; but God be praised for what He has done for me.

I wish to express my sincere gratitude to Mrs. Eddy. To-day I can testify to the fact that I am a well man. I have now been working for four months and feel better than ever before, and I am more contented than I have ever been before, in all my life.—John Rautzke, Chicago, Ill.

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