Chapter XVIII - Fruitage
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was heartsick and discouraged when, in January, 1893,
was heartsick and discouraged when, in January, 1893,
I heard of Christian Science through a letter from a dear
sister who had been greatly benefited thereby, and I re-
solved to go at once to a practitioner, for I believed it
to be the long-lost truth that would make me free. It
meant a great effort and sacrifice for me to go to Chicago
at that time, but divine Love opened the way and I reached
there in March. I had been in my sister's home but
a few days, reading Science and Health almost con-
stantly, when I asked her if I had not better have
treatment for the tumor, which had given me so much
trouble. She said to me, "You feel well, do you not?"
I assured her that I never had felt so well as I had since
reaching there. "Well," she said with decision, "your
tumor is gone, for God never made it," and her statements
were true, for it has never been heard of from that day.
Since then I have been healed of chronic sore throat,
hay fever, and other troubles, and I know that Christian
Science is the truth. – B. W. S., Coldwater, Mich.
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LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS
LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS
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I have received so much benefit from the testimonies
I have received so much benefit from the testimonies
in the Sentinel and Journal that I send mine, hoping
it may cheer some struggling heart. I was reared by
kind and loving Christian parents and was a member
of an orthodox church for over twenty years, but I was
never satisfied. I was filled with fear and bound down
by the false gods of this world, – sin, disease, and pov-
erty; consequently every way I turned, and in everything
I attempted to do, I was met with disappointment and
failure; but God was leading me into a different life.
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My interest was first awakened to Christian Science
My interest was first awakened to Christian Science
about thirteen years ago, and I have been a willing dis-
ciple ever since. Through the reading of Science and
Health I was healed of chronic catarrh and laryngitis,
and it also enabled me to lay off my glasses. Christian
Science has not only helped me mentally, morally, and
physically, but the greatest blessing of all is the spirit-
ual uplifting which enabled me to know that God is both
able and willing to care for His children, if we are but
willing to do our part and bear the cross which, though
it seems heavy at times, always brings a sure reward.
Christian Science has not only helped me, but it has
enabled me to help others.
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The Bible is a new book to me. I now see what
The Bible is a new book to me. I now see what
Jesus meant when he said, "Come unto me, all ye that
labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
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My heart goes out in gratitude to Mrs. Eddy for the
My heart goes out in gratitude to Mrs. Eddy for the
work she has done and is still doing for the world, and
to God I am most grateful that He has guided me into the
truth, that I may have life, and have it more abundantly.
– Mrs. M. M., Chicago, Ill.
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A PRICELESS BOON
A PRICELESS BOON
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I have long desired to express my gratitude for what
I have long desired to express my gratitude for what
Christian Science has done, through reading Science
and Health, for me and my family. I was healed of
profanity, the tobacco habit, and a bad temper, through
the understanding that man is the image and likeness of
God. I was also healed of kidney disease and rheuma
tism. What surprised me most, however, was this; I
had had one finger thrown out of place some fifteen years