Christian Science came into my life nearly five years ago...

Christian Science came into my life nearly five years ago while I was spending the winter at a southern health resort, where I had been going for several years because the physicians had so ordered on account of a so-called chronic bronchial condition. I had been considered frail for many years and as I look back, my condition at that time seemed to be habitual exhaustion, weariness, and fear, though I was naturally energetic.

I had no thought of physical healing in taking up Christian Science. After attending a Wednesday evening meeting I was so impressed by the sincerity of the testimonies given, that there was a desire to look into it. I went there with a desire to know the truth, although at that time I had no concept of what constitutes Truth. A copy of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," was given to me to take home. I read hours every day and in time went through everything they had to lend. I did not accept all that I read, but enough truth was found to show me that this was what I had been hungering for all my life, a chance to prove that God does exist and is man's ever present help. The little understanding that had been gained was put to work and proved that Christian Science does what it claims to do. As the study continued, other proofs were forthcoming; I was then convinced, and from that day have taken not a drop of medicine. I left the South in May of that year and have never been back since, because Christian Science has taught me that health is a condition of Mind and not of climate.

The study of Christian Science has given me faith in the allness of God; it has given me an understanding of the Bible that makes it a daily help. It has given me the true idea of health, and I know now that "God's promises are kept," whereas in the past I thought I was governed by my body, had to listen to its seeming complaints, and bow to conditions over which I thought I had no control; for when physicians laid down their laws, I thought they knew, and believed the things they said. It has taught me that the body never made a retort of any kind; that divine Mind reports only that which is true—health, harmony, and immortality. The study of Christian Science has given me almost unlimited endurance and strength. I think my first demonstration was the overcoming of fatigue.

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