Chapter XVIII - Fruitage
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more loving to my fellow-men; and I also acquired better
more loving to my fellow-men; and I also acquired better
judgment and was able to do the right thing at the right
time. As a natural result my business improved. Be-
fore I knew anything of Christian Science my business
had often been a burden to me, fear and worry deprived
me of my rest. How different it is now! Through the
study of the Bible, which now possesses unmeasurable
treasures for me, and for our textbook, Science and Health,
and the other works of our Leader, I receive peace and
confidence in God and that insight into character which
is necessary for the correct management of any business.
– W. H. H., Bloomfield, Neb.
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HEREDITARY DISEASE OF THE LUNGS CURED
HEREDITARY DISEASE OF THE LUNGS CURED
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For a long time I have been impelled to contribute a
For a long time I have been impelled to contribute a
testimony of the healing power of Truth. As I read
other testimonies and rejoice in them, some one may
rejoice in mine. I was healed by reading Science and
Health. By applying it, I found it to be the truth that
Jesus taught, – the truth that sets free.
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From childhood I had never known a well day. I
From childhood I had never known a well day. I
was healed of lung trouble of long standing. Con-
sumption was hereditary in our family, my mother and
three brothers having passed on with it. The law of
materia medica said that in a short time I must fol-
low them. I also had severe stomach trouble of over
eight years' standing, during which time I always re-
tired without supper, as the fear of suffering from my
food was so great that I denied myself food when hun-
gry. For over twenty years I had ovarian trouble,
which was almost unbearable at times. It dated from
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the birth of my first child, and at one time necessitated
the birth of my first child, and at one time necessitated
an operation. I suffered with about all the ills that
flesh is heir to: I had trouble with my eyes from a child;
wore glasses for fourteen years, several oculists saying
I would go blind, one declaring I would be blind in less
than a year if I did not submit to an operation, which I
refused to do.
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But thanks be to God whose Truth reached me through
But thanks be to God whose Truth reached me through
the study of our textbook. Words fail to express what
Christian Science has done for me in various ways, for
my children, my home, my all. The physical healing
is but a small part; the spiritual unfolding and uplifting
is the "pearl of great price," the half that has never been
told. – Mrs. J. P. M., Kansas City, Mo.
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TEXTBOOK APPRECIATED
TEXTBOOK APPRECIATED
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It has been my privilege to have interviews with
It has been my privilege to have interviews with
representatives of more than sixty per cent of the na-
tions of this earth, under their own vine and fig-tree.
I had never heard a principle understandingly ad-
vanced that would enable mankind to obey the apos-
tolic command, "prove all things," until Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures was placed in my
hands. I believe that the honest study of this book
in connection with the Bible will enable one to "prove
all things."
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I make this unqualified statement because of what
I make this unqualified statement because of what
my eyes have seen and my ears heard from my fellow‑
men of unquestioned integrity, and the positive proofs
I have gained by the study of these books. Many
supposed material laws that had been rooted and