Testimony of Healing July 26, 1919 Issue

I can but faintly express the joy, peace, and comfort that...

Sadie Adams

I can but faintly express the joy, peace, and comfort that Christian Science has brought into my life. When it was first presented to me ten years ago, I was indeed most miserable physically and mentally. A friend offered me a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy to read and I accepted it with a sense of curiosity. I had a desire to read the book to see what was in it, not with a thought that anything anyone could read would ever heal disease; but I became interested in the reading and took great care to compare the Scriptural quotations with the references in the Bible, using a dictionary to assure myself that Mrs. Eddy gave the right interpretations of words relative to God. As I read, different ailments left me, such as weak eyes, chronic bowel disorder, and pain in the back.

Still I could not believe that reading had brought about the change, so I decided to commence at the beginning and read carefully to see if there was not some formula that I had overlooked which might have produced the change; but as I read other ailments disappeared until, when I had read the book through twice, I was satisfied that in some way reading it did heal. I continued to read in different chapters for another month. During this time neither my husband nor any of my relatives knew I was reading the book. I would even hide it when I heard the kind friend who lent it to me coming down the stairs, and when she would try to induce me to talk on the subject I would avoid it; but when my health became better and my disposition so changed, I was so full of joy I could no longer keep still. Revealing the cause of the change and the hope that was within me created quite a stir for some time, but this gradually diminished, as it was seen that Christian Science was a practical religion and that I was trying to make use of it. I have the grateful remembrance that my husband acknowledged the good Christian Science had done me, and often recommended it to others.

I am especially grateful to our dear Leader for her unselfish labor and devotion to mankind, and for the establishing of the Christian Science movement that all may avail themselves of its teachings. My only purpose is to try daily to be a better student and a more useful servant in the Father's vineyard.—(Mrs.) Sadie Adams, Iola, Kan.

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