Chapter XVIII - Fruitage
628:1
A clergyman called almost every day, and sat by my bed
A clergyman called almost every day, and sat by my bed
and wept, and my good, kind doctor shed tears many times.
Finally, after a year of this terrible suffering, I was sent
to Indiana, to a sister who had been healed of lung trouble
by Christian Science. The first day I was there she read
to me from the Bible and from "Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, and I was healed.
I knew that God was no respecter of persons, and when I
saw what had been done for my sister, who was changed
from being a mere frame to a strong, robust, healthy, rosy-
cheeked woman, the cough all gone, I said, "God has as
much for me, if I will accept it." I was healed instan-
taneously by Christian Science, and am thankful to God
for giving us this understanding through Mrs. Eddy,
our beloved Leader. I am now in perfect health. –
Mrs. F. S., Laurel, Miss.
628:17
THE TEXTBOOK HEALED ME
THE TEXTBOOK HEALED ME
628:18
For twelve years previous to the fall of 1897 I had been
For twelve years previous to the fall of 1897 I had been
under the care of a physician much of the time. Different
opinions were given by them, as to the nature of the trouble,
some diagnosing it as an abnormal growth, etc. I was
healed through reading "Science and Health with Key to
the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy. It was a clear case of
transformation of the body by the renewal of the mind.
I am perfectly well at the present time. – J. M. H.,
Omaha, Neb.
628:27
OBSTINATE STOMACH TROUBLE HEALED
OBSTINATE STOMACH TROUBLE HEALED
628:28
There is no doubt that by far the greater number come
There is no doubt that by far the greater number come
to Christian Science by the way of physical healing, but
629:1
there are those to whom this does not particularly appeal.
there are those to whom this does not particularly appeal.
In the hope that it may be of benefit to some such, and in
gratitude for help received, I submit my own experience.
Three years ago I knew nothing of Christian Science, aside
from the knowledge gathered from the daily papers and
current literature. When I thought of the subject at all,
it was to class Christian Science with various human the-
ories with which I could not be in sympathy, for they
seemed to rely upon both good and evil. I had never
known of a case of healing, had never read the textbook
or heard of the Journal or Sentinel, but I would sometimes
see people going into the Christian Science church. I was
tired of trying to find anything satisfactory in religious
belief, for it seemed as if God either could not or would
not bring into harmony the terrible conditions existing in
human society. I had quit using any form of prayer ex-
cept the Lord's Prayer, and even then omitted the words
"lead us not into temptation." How I longed to know
just a little of the "why?" and "wherefore?" of it all.
629:20
Here is where Christian Science found me. I was
Here is where Christian Science found me. I was
thrown in contact with a dear friend of whom I had seen
very little for a year or more, a thoroughly educated woman
and a thinker. She told me she had taken some treatments
in Christian Science for a physical trouble, and had be-
come very much interested in the study of "Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy. She
asked me if I would like to look at the book, and I said I
I would be glad to do so. The first chapter, "Prayer,"
appealed to me from the first, and when I came to Mrs.
Eddy's spiritual sense of the Lord's Prayer (Science and
Health, p. 17), my interest was fully aroused. I knew
that in a dim way I was learning what it means to "pray