Chapter XVIII - Fruitage
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I had longed for all my life, – a Mother, a perfect
I had longed for all my life, – a Mother, a perfect
"Father-Mother God." I had known there was a
great lack, and at that time I believe the orthodox
world had but half of the truth which Jesus came to
establish. When I read, "Give us this day our daily
bread," and its spiritual interpretation, my tears began
to flow; all the years of bitterness, hate, and fear melted
away. I knew then, as I know now, that nothing satisfies
but Love. That day began the outward and inward
conscious healing, – mental and physical. There never
came a doubt! I absolutely knew that Christian Science
was and is the truth. Money, friends, materiality, are
nothing beside the conscious knowledge of God, man,
and the universe.
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I did not need treatment from any one, – Science
I did not need treatment from any one, – Science
and Health was so clear and beautiful. I could not
understand the Bible before, but I found it illumined
now that I had a little understanding of Christian
Science. For ten years I have not had to lie down in
the daytime from any sickness. I am now, and have
been all these years, the picture of perfect health.
When I first read Science and Health I weighed one
hundred and four pounds; I now weigh over one hun-
dred and sixty. This physical health is not to be com-
pared to my happiness, – my harmony that nothing
can take away, – because it is the gift of God. Nothing
has shown me the perversity of the human mind more
than in its conclusions in regard to my healing. Even
when I felt and knew that I was healed, people con-
stantly said, because I was thin and delicate looking,
"You are not well, any one could look at you and know
it." Now that I am fleshy, they say, "You don't look
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as if you ever had a pain in all your life. You could not
as if you ever had a pain in all your life. You could not
have had consumption."
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When I think what my life was before I had Christian
When I think what my life was before I had Christian
Science, of the six years of colds, suffering, and cough-
ing, not to mention the unhappiness, I want to "work,
watch, and pray" for the Mind of Christ, that I may work
rightly in God's vineyard, and to know that in truth, what
belongs to one belongs to all, – that one God, one Life,
Truth, and Love is all. – A. C. L., Kansas City, Kans.
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DESIRE FOR LIQUOR AND TOBACCO DISAPPEARED
DESIRE FOR LIQUOR AND TOBACCO DISAPPEARED
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I first heard of Christian Science four years ago. At
I first heard of Christian Science four years ago. At
that time drinking and smoking were my comforters. I
had no other companionship. I had lived almost con-
stantly from childhood in an evil atmosphere. Though
I was far from being satisfied with my condition, I failed
to see how to better it until I read Science and Health.
I used occasionally to listen to a sermon, but sermons
did not give me any more comfort than I derived from
my pipe, hence I concluded that church-going could not
satisfy me and I preferred drinking and smoking. When
I began to read Science and Health, I saw it offered some-
thing substantial. After a few months' study all desire
for drinking and smoking disappeared. I did not give
them up; I made no sacrifices, I simply found some-
thing better. I might mention that I had smoked ever
since I can remember. I used to smoke years before I
left school, and, like most Englishmen, loved my pipe, and
would almost prefer to miss a meal rather than to go
without my smoke. I used to think it gave me comfort.
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During my four years' study of Christian Science I
During my four years' study of Christian Science I