Chapter XVIII - Fruitage
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time, and I felt there would be a limit to my endur-
time, and I felt there would be a limit to my endur-
ance of the torture, but the disease was dissipated into
nothingness through Christian Science, which brought
me peace.
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Like many others I had been seemingly lost in the
Like many others I had been seemingly lost in the
sea of error, without a compass, yet earnestly and hon-
estly seeking a haven. I had investigated all kinds of
religions and philosophies that came under my notice,
with the exception of Christian Science, which was
not then deemed worthy of inquiry, and yet it held
the very truth I was searching for – the light which
"shineth in the darkness; and the darkness comp-
rehended it not." Three years of stubborn resist-
ance to Truth, with increasing suffering, followed –
then the light came, and with it a new experience.
Now, after nine years of Christian Science experience,
under severe tests, it can be truthfully said that it
has not failed me in any hour of need. – J. F. J.,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
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MORALLY AND PHYSICALLY HEALED
MORALLY AND PHYSICALLY HEALED
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I did not accept Christian Science on account of any
I did not accept Christian Science on account of any
healing of my own, but after seeing my mother, who was
fast drifting toward helplessness with rheumatism, restored
to perfect health with only a few treatments in Christian
Science, I thought surely this must be the truth as Jesus
taught and practised it, and if so it was what I had been
longing for.
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This was about ten years ago and was the first I had
This was about ten years ago and was the first I had
ever heard of Christian Science. We soon got a copy
of Science and Health and I began in the right way to
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see if Christian Science were the truth. I had no thought
see if Christian Science were the truth. I had no thought
of studying it for bodily healing; in fact, I did not think
I needed it for that, but my soul cried out for something
I had not yet found. This book was indeed a key to the
Scriptures.
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It was not long after I began reading before I dis-
It was not long after I began reading before I dis-
covered that my eyes were good and strong, I could
read as much as I wished, and at any time, which was
something I could not do before, as my eyes had always
been weak. The doctors said they never would be very
strong, and that if I did not wear glasses, I might lose
my sight altogether. I never gave up to wearing glasses,
and now, thanks to Christian Science, I do not need them,
my work for the past two years as a railway mail clerk
being a good test. At the same time my eyes were healed,
I also noticed that I was entirely healed of another ail-
ment which had been with me all my life, and which was
believed to be inherited. Since that time my growth
has seemed to me slow, yet when I look back and view
myself as I was before Christian Science found me, and
compare it with my life as it now is, I can only close my
eyes to the picture and rejoice that I have been "born
again" and that I have daily been putting off "the
old man with his deeds," and putting on "the new
man."
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Some of the many things that have been overcome
Some of the many things that have been overcome
through the study of Science and Health, and through
realizing and practising the truth it teaches, are pro-
fanity, the use of tobacco, a very quick temper, which
made both myself and those around me at times very
miserable, and such thoughts as malice, revenge, etc. –
O. L. R., Fort Worth, Tex.