Chapter XVIII - Fruitage
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have not spent a cent for doctors or medicine, neither
have not spent a cent for doctors or medicine, neither
have I lost a day from my work on account of sickness,
which compares wonderfully with the previous four years.
I take a great interest and pleasure in reading the Bible
and studying the lessons in the Quarterly. The Bible
used to be a most mysterious book to me, but Science
and Health makes it a most precious book, making its
meaning clearer, plainer, and simpler.
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I take this opportunity to express my gratitude to Mrs.
I take this opportunity to express my gratitude to Mrs.
Eddy and to the friend who invited me to attend the ser-
vice held in the Auditorium years ago. I also wish to
acknowledge the benefit I have had from the Journal
and the Sentinel. They have helped me wonderfully. If
the value of Science and Health and these publications
were measured as business men value things, by the
results or benefits they bring, they certainly would be
priceless to me. It would be impossible to measure
their value, as I have got something from Science and
Health that all the money in the world could not buy. –
H. P. H., Chicago, Ill.
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AN EXPRESSION OF LOVING GRATITUDE
AN EXPRESSION OF LOVING GRATITUDE
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In the spring of 1893, while studying for the minis-
In the spring of 1893, while studying for the minis-
try, Science and Health was placed in my hands, and
the truth contained therein at once became to me the
pearl of great price. I literally devoured the book,
reading it about eighteen hours a day. Its originality
was startling, upsetting my preconceived opinions of
God, man, and creation. Two sentences especially
appealed to me: "The foundation of mortal discord is a
false sense of man's origin" (p. 262), and, "For right
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reasoning, there should be but one fact before the thought,
reasoning, there should be but one fact before the thought,
namely, spiritual existence" (p. 492). I had found the
keynote to the Science of being as taught in this marvel-
lous book, and persevered until a glimpse of the new heav-
ens and new earth came, for the old were passing away.
With this spiritual uplifting came also physical health.
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All my life had been spent in semi-invalidism, and
All my life had been spent in semi-invalidism, and
I seemed destined to a life of suffering. In three
weeks after beginning Science and Health, to my joy-
ful surprise I found myself a well man, sound physi-
cally, and uplifted spiritually. Life was being lived
from a new basis, the old things of personal sense
were passing away and all things becoming new. I
learned that the infinite good is the one Friend upon
whom we can call at all times, an all-powerful, ever‑
present help in every time of trouble; that His children
are really governed in peace and harmony by spiritual
law, and as the right understanding of it is gained, the
other things soon follow, bringing a peace the human
concept can never know.
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For the last twelve years my whole time has been
For the last twelve years my whole time has been
devoted to Christian Science practice, and I have seen
nearly every so-called incurable disease healed by its
beneficent influence. God bless our dear Leader! She
has set before us an open door, which no man can shut,
and it is but a question of time when the world will know
her better and love her more. – E. E. N., Washington,
D. C.
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HEALED OF BRIGHT'S DISEASE
HEALED OF BRIGHT'S DISEASE
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August 18, 1902, I was taken down with what three
August 18, 1902, I was taken down with what three
doctors pronounced Bright's disease, and they stated