Chapter XVIII - Fruitage
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menced reading, I was amazed to see it almost healed
menced reading, I was amazed to see it almost healed
over, and to-day my cheek is perfectly smooth, while the
scar is disappearing.
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In April my baby was born with only the practitioner
In April my baby was born with only the practitioner
and a woman friend present. I suffered little pain, and
the third day I went down-stairs. I am able to nurse
him, – a privilege of which I was deprived with my first
child. He is a picture of health, having never been
sick a day since he was born. – K. E. W. L., Mt.
Dora, Fla.
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A NEW LIFE GAINED
A NEW LIFE GAINED
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Leaving home when a young man, I carried with me
Leaving home when a young man, I carried with me
a protection against the temptation of a great city, – a
mother's prayers and a small Bible. For a time I read
the Bible and prayed, but without understanding. This
did not suffice, and evil seemed to gain the victory. I
soon omitted to read my Bible; forgot to go to God in
prayer for guidance and help, and looked to the world
for that which it never has and never can give, – health,
peace, and joy.
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Thus, years later, when Christian Science came into
Thus, years later, when Christian Science came into
my home, it found me prayerless, churchless, godless;
a home discordant, and with no thought or knowledge
of spiritual things. Up to this time, my wife had for
years been seeking health through the physicians,
but without success, and as a last resort had been
sent to Christian Science. The help received was so
wonderful that I commenced the study of Science and
Health. The first effect which I realized from the
reading of our textbook, was a great love for the Bible
and a desire to read it, something which I had not done
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for years. I went in silent prayer to God, that I might
for years. I went in silent prayer to God, that I might
see the light and truth which would enable me to be-
come a better man. "Ye must be born again." Thus
again, and as a child, was I taught to pray "the effectual
fervent prayer" which "availeth much." In a few
weeks' study of Science and Health together with the
Bible, and without other help, I was healed of a desire
for liquor, of years' standing, and of the use of tobacco.
Ten years have passed and these appetites have never
returned. I have never used either liquor or tobacco
in any form from that time to the present. Surely this
Scripture is fulfilled in our home: "Old things are passed
away; behold, all things are become new." How can
we estimate the value of a book, the study of which brings
such transformation and regeneration? Only as we
endeavor to live, and strive to practise what it teaches,
can we begin to pay our debt to God, and to her whom
He has sent to make plain to human understanding the
life and teaching of Christ Jesus. – W. H. P., Boston,
Mass.
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A VOICE FROM ENGLAND
A VOICE FROM ENGLAND
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For a number of years I was a weary woman, not ill
For a number of years I was a weary woman, not ill
enough in health to, be called an invalid, but suffering
more than could be told with fatigue and weakness.
Feeling that this was God's will, I did not ask to be healed,
although I was constantly doctoring. I suffered with dys-
pepsia, congestion of the liver, and many other things,
including weak eyesight. With all the medicine, and
with different changes for rest, I never regained health,
and thought I never should, so I prayed for grace to bear
my cross patiently for others' sake. One day, while