Chapter XVIII - Fruitage
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happy I could hardly contain myself; to material
happy I could hardly contain myself; to material
sense it was wonderful. As I walked I kept saying,
"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful," and tried to un-
derstand "the scientific statement of being" by repeat-
ing portions at a time, then pondering over them. I
read the book four times in succession, and every
time I found more and more to aid in the under-
standing.
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This healing was in October, 1901, with no other
This healing was in October, 1901, with no other
help than Science and Health, and soon I was relieved
of other chronic ailments. In February I was able to
put away eyeglasses, which I had worn ten years and
a half for astigmatism. Oculists told me I would always
have to wear them. A month later my father asked
me to help him, as he was suffering so much from con-
stipation, dyspepsia, and neuralgia. He had been sub-
sisting on bran, nearly starving himself until be was most
miserable, and his limbs seemed so cold that they were
kept wrapped in blankets. I felt very humble as he
asked me, and told him I would have a practitioner help
him, as I had never treated any one; but he would not
consent to have any one but myself, and I finally told
him I would try, but that he must not hold Science respon-
sible if he were not benefited, for my lack of understand-
ing, and not Science, would be at fault. At my request
he read Science and Health, ate whatever he wanted,
and used no medicine in any form. After two treat-
ments I received word from him that he was healed
of that bondage of thirty years' standing. In view of
all these signs which followed my acceptance of Chris-
tian Science, I knew it must be true. – R. L. A.,
Chicago, Ill.