Chapter XVIII - Fruitage
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that it is prejudice and misapprehension of what Christian
that it is prejudice and misapprehension of what Christian
Science is, that keeps many from enjoying the blessings
it bestows.
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I had been taking patent medicines for several years,
I had been taking patent medicines for several years,
and had been to one of the best sanitariums in this country,
but was not healed, although I received some benefit, for
which I shall always feel grateful, for I know the physi-
cians did all they could for me. I sometimes thought
I had exhausted all remedies, but did not give up, for
I felt there must be something to heal me if I could
find it.
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When in this state of mind Christian Science came to
When in this state of mind Christian Science came to
my notice, and after reading several Journals, I pur-
chased a copy of Science and Health. I read for several
days at odd times. I commenced to improve, and in
about a week I was healed of most of my ills, among
which were dyspepsia and nervous debility.
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Although I had heard about Christian Science before,
Although I had heard about Christian Science before,
I had never heard that the reading of the Christian
Science textbook had ever effected the healing of anybody.
I commenced reading to find out what Christian Science
was, but was surprised to find myself improving, and was
soon assured that it was the theology of Science and
Health that healed me, just as it was the theology of
Jesus that healed the sick.
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It has also proved to me that there can be no
It has also proved to me that there can be no
Christian Science Church that does not heal the sick
and sinful, for healing follows as the natural result of the
teaching of Christian Science. The Bible has become
a new revelation to me, and I can read it much more
understandingly by the light received through the reading
of Science and Health. – A. F. M., Fairmont, Minn.
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THROUGH GREAT TRIBULATIONS
THROUGH GREAT TRIBULATIONS
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When I attempt to make plain what Christian Science
When I attempt to make plain what Christian Science
has done for me, words fail me. For twenty years
I was a constant sufferer, my spine having been
injured when I was very young. As a little child I
suffered so much that I would look up to the stars
and beg God, who I thought might be up there
somewhere, to take me away from the earth, – I was
so tired. A great wall of pain seemed to separate me
from the pleasures enjoyed by others, and I could not
explain how I felt, because no one could understand.
Years passed, and I saw my earthly happiness swept
away; my heart was broken and I did not know what
to do. I cried for help, day after day and night after
night, although I was not sure what God was, nor where
He was. I only knew that I suffered, and was
in need of help, and that there was no earthly help
for either mind or body. I loved purity, truth, and
right always, and this made evil seem a most terrible
reality. I was unable to cope with it, and so found
myself in despair. This was my condition when I com-
menced reading Science and Health. I was ready for
its message, and in about ten days there came a won-
derful insight into the truth which heals the sick and
binds up the broken-hearted. All pain left me, I had
a glimpse of the new heavens and the new earth, and
was beginning to be fed by Love divine.
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I had suffered for years with insomnia. That night
I had suffered for years with insomnia. That night
I rested like a child, and awoke the next morning well
and happy. A flood of light daily illumined the pages
of the "little book," and the revelation it holds for all