Chapter XVIII - Fruitage
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professed Christianity. So I drifted along until I was
professed Christianity. So I drifted along until I was
led to investigate Christian Science.
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As I progressed in the understanding as gained from
As I progressed in the understanding as gained from
the study of both Science and Health and the Bible,
and commenced to know myself, I found that a great
change had been wrought in me. For fifteen years I
had used tobacco, both chewing and smoking; for ten
years I had been a victim of the drink habit, sometimes
to excess; I was also addicted to profanity. Christian
Science removed these appetites. A stomach trouble
and other lesser ills, such as headache, a bad temper, an
inordinate love of money, etc., disappeared under the
same benign influence. Those things that seemed to be
pleasure do not give me pleasure now. They were not
real pleasure. I have lost nothing, I have sacrificed
nothing; but I have gained everything, and not yet the
whole, for I can see plenty yet to be done.
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The condition of mind before investigating and after
The condition of mind before investigating and after
is as different as black and white. As Mrs. Eddy
says, "Not matter, but Mind, satisfieth." – G. B. P.,
Henry, S. D.
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CATARRH OF THE STOMACH HEALED
CATARRH OF THE STOMACH HEALED
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I should like to express my gratitude for the many
I should like to express my gratitude for the many
benefits I have received through Christian Science, and
to mention the great joy brought to me in the thought
that man is not the helpless victim of sin, disease, and
death. Through its teachings I have been able to over-
come many errors.
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When Christian Science found me, one year ago
When Christian Science found me, one year ago
last April, in Chicago, I was suffering from catarrh
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of the stomach, which had been very persistent, and I
of the stomach, which had been very persistent, and I
had been a slave to the cigarette habit for eighteen
years. Pain and weakness had robbed me of all that
one holds dear. The first symptoms of the disease
appeared about five years ago in the form of severe
cramps of the stomach, which finally developed into
other symptoms of that painful disease. I doctored
continually, my diet daily becoming more rigid, until
three slices of toast became my daily allowance of food.
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In this condition I left the East for my home in
In this condition I left the East for my home in
Chicago, hoping that a change of climate might benefit
me. After spending six weeks there and finding no re-
lief, I concluded to return East. The Sunday morning
before leaving I picked up a Sunday paper, and glanc-
ing through the religious items my eyes fell on the notices
of Christian Science church services. Curiosity led me
to a service and I shall never forget that morning or the
surprise and joy it gave me to find that beautiful church,
and to know that so great a number actually believed
that God does heal the sick to-day. This brought a first
ray of hope. The evening service found me there again.
Among the notices read was that of a reading room,
giving the location and time of opening. Monday morn-
ing found me there promptly, and the first book I picked
up was Science and Health which opened a new
world to me.
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I had dieted so long and suffered so much that I had
I had dieted so long and suffered so much that I had
a morbid fear of food. When I had reached and read
"neither food nor the stomach, without the consent of
mortal mind, can make one suffer" (Science and Health,
p. 221), I left the reading room for something to eat. I
found a bakery near by, and bought a bag of cakes