I wish to express my thankfulness to God for the many...

I wish to express my thankfulness to God for the many blessings that have come to me through the study of the Bible in connection with the Christian Science text-book, which has proven to be indeed a "Key to the Scriptures." More than thirteen years ago I turned to this teaching for healing alone, after both medicine and surgery had failed to bring relief. Since that time I have lost but two hours from my regular duties on account of sickness, and the truth as taught in Christian Science has been my only physician. I had been under the care of reputable physicians for more than fifteen years, but instead of regaining my health I grew steadily worse, and twice within a year I was operated on. Then I turned to God for healing, and from the first it was not difficult for me to gain a faint understanding of the truth contained in the statement, "There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter" (Science and Health, p. 468).

I have been healed through Christian Science of stomach trouble in a very serious form, of bowel disorder, ptomaine poisoning, acute attacks of inflammation of the bowels, abnormal abdominal growths, heart disease, so-called inherited tubercular trouble, muscular rheumatism, and many other ills both acute and chronic, as well as imperfect sight. I had worn glasses for more than five years and had been told that I would never again be able to do without them.

I have learned that God is Love, as St. John tells us, and that by reason of His unchanging wisdom He sustains and maintains man in perfect harmony and purity here and now. My gratitude for relief from physical suffering is indeed great, but I am more grateful for the peace of mind which comes with an understanding of the truth of being, and for the love for all humanity which follows the liberation of thought. I thank God daily for His beloved Son, Jesus the Christ, also for that noble woman, Mrs. Eddy, who endured the scoffs of the world in order that she might give to us this beautiful truth, which is undoubtedly the Comforter that Jesus promised, and for all the faithful ones in the field who labor lovingly and unselfishly for the uplift of humanity.

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June 2, 1917
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