Chapter 18: 'Science and Health with Key to The Scriptures' by Mary Baker Eddy

Chapter XVIII - Fruitage

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Just before I commenced reading Science and Health

I spent a half day in having my eyes examined by one

of the leading oculists in Boston. His verdict was that

my eyes were in a dreadful condition, and that I would

always need to wear glasses. In the meantime I com-

menced to read Science and Health, and when I thought

of my eyes, I had no need for glasses. The years that

I have been in Science I have used my eyes incessantly,

night as well as day, doing all kinds of trying work and

without requiring the aid of glasses. I was healed of

all my complaints whilst seeking the truth for my child,

and many of them have never returned. Those that

appeared simply came to the surface to be destroyed.

Teeth have been restored and facial blemishes re-

moved, unconsciously, simply by reading Science and

Health. All of this is, however, nothing to compare

with the spiritual uplifting which I have received,

and I have everything to be thankful for. – M. T. W., Los

Angeles, Cal.

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INTENSE SUFFERING OVERCOME

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For about five years I was afflicted with sciatic rheu-

matism, in such a severe form that my body was drawn

out of shape. When able to be around, I walked with

the assistance of a cane. The attacks were periodical,

recurring every few months; any exposure to rain or

dampness would bring one. At one time I was in bed

eleven weeks, suffering intensely all the time except when

relieved by hypodermic injections. When I had these

attacks, my regular physician was always in attendance.

My daughter consulted another physician, who said there