From my childhood I was a faithful Protestant. When I was seventeen I began holding important positions in my church and was often a member of Bible study groups, both within and outside my country. Later, while I was in the armed forces, I served in one of the large parishes of the capital. But during this period I came down with a serious stomach ailment, which persisted for the next five years. I went to many military and civilian doctors without finding any satisfaction, until more and more I began to feel I was a mortal, who was simply waiting for his time to come.

Through my religious activities I believed that God heals, protects, saves, and above all that He loves us very much; and I was especially interested in the works of Christ Jesus and the prophets. But I began to wonder why—despite all my efforts and faithfulness, and my abstention from the material pleasures of our day—God wasn't helping me. My family became worried and advised me to try the native healers. I did but got no results. In fact, I suffered more. Soon I became tired and discouraged.

About this time my brother-in-law was healed through Christian Science prayer of the aftereffects of a car accident.

I immediately asked my brother-in-law to take me to see whoever had prayed for him. He then told me of some Christian Scientists who had been visiting the area recently, with whom he had spoken. Unfortunately for me, they had now returned to their home. But my brother-in-law let me copy something these Christian Scientists had given him—"the scientific statement of being" from Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy (see p. 468). Also he gave me a copy of The Herald of Christian Science, French Edition.

At home again, I started reading the Herald. I read and reread it many times over four months before realizing that Christian Science teaches that man is spiritual and that God does not create sickness. After this the pain began to diminish and became less and less real to me. Later my brother-in-law sent me a copy of Science and Health, which I started reading right away. Gradually, with my brother-in-law's support, and solely through reading Science and Health and that issue of the Herald, I was completely healed in Christian Science. It was thus that I abandoned the old religious teaching that warns us to stay away from other doctrines (despite their proofs), and I exercised my freedom to "prove all things; hold fast that which is good," as is written in the Bible (I Thess. 5:21).

My thank-you, now crowned with an understanding of Christian Science, is offered to all those who are working to bring Christian Science to others, that all mankind may find the path that Christ Jesus showed us.

NSENGUE MEDJO FREDERIC
Douala, Cameroun