Chapter XVIII - Fruitage
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When I began with Science and Health, I read the
When I began with Science and Health, I read the
chapter on "Prayer" first, and at that time did not sup-
pose it possible for me to remember anything I read,
but felt a sweet sense of God's protection and power,
and a hope that I should at last find Him to be what
I so much needed, – a present help in time of trouble.
Before that chapter on "Prayer" was finished, my daugh-
ter was downstairs eating three meals a day, and daily
growing stronger. Before I had finished reading the
textbook she was well, but never having heard that the
reading of Science and Health healed any one, it was
several months before I gave God the glory.
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One by one my many ailments left me, all but the head-
One by one my many ailments left me, all but the head-
aches; they were less frequent, until at the end of three
years the fear of them was entirely overcome.
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Neither myself nor my daughter have ever received
Neither myself nor my daughter have ever received
treatments, but the study of the Bible and Science and
Health, the Christian Science textbook by Mrs. Eddy,
has healed us and keeps us well.
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While Christian Science was very new to me, I at-
While Christian Science was very new to me, I at-
tended an experience meeting in First Church of Christ,
Scientist, Chicago. A gentleman told of an unhappy
woman who was about to separate from her husband.
This gentleman had asked her if she did not love her
husband. She replied, "No; when I married him I
did, but not now." He told her God made man in His
image and likeness, and that He is perfect. He said
to her, "Go home and see only God's perfect man; you
don't need to love a sinful mortal such as you have been
looking upon." The lady followed his advice, as he
told her there is no separation in divine Mind. In a
short time peace and harmony were in her home, and
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both husband and wife became members of a Christian
both husband and wife became members of a Christian
Science church.
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This testimony was like a message from heaven to me.
This testimony was like a message from heaven to me.
I had received many benefits from the study of Science
and Health, but it had never dawned upon my darkened
consciousness till then how wonderful our God is. I
knew what had taken place in that home could take place
in my unhappy home where there was neither rest nor
peace.
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I hopefully took up my cross, and step by step my
I hopefully took up my cross, and step by step my
burden grew lighter, as I journeyed along, realizing the
presence of the Christ, Truth, that indeed makes us
free. Not all at once did any outward change appear,
but at the end of three years all was peace, all the
members of the family attending church together and
realizing that there is but one Mind. – E. J. B., Supe-
rior, Wis.
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STOMACH TROUBLE HEALED
STOMACH TROUBLE HEALED
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I was healed of stomach trouble of many years' stand-
I was healed of stomach trouble of many years' stand-
ing by reading Science and Health. My condition had
reached the stage in which I had periodical attacks, that
came on with greater frequency. I was a travelling sales-
man, and it was a common occurrence for me to have to
call a physician to my hotel to administer morphine for
an acute form of this disease. This became a regular
thing at certain places, and these attacks always left me
worse than before. As a result of the last one I lost a
great deal in weight. I had tried many physicians and
most of the usual remedies during these years of suffer-
ing, without any good result. Finally, as a last resort, I