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27	                 OBSTINATE STOMACH TROUBLE HEALED 

  	    There is no doubt that by far the greater number come
  	to Christian Science by the way of physical healing, but
 1	there are those to whom this does not particularly appeal. 
  	In the hope that it may be of benefit to some such, and in
 3	gratitude for help received, I submit my own experience. 
  	Three years ago I knew nothing of Christian Science, aside
  	from the knowledge gathered from the daily papers and
 6	current literature. When I thought of the subject at all,
  	it was to class Christian Science with various human the-
  	ories with which I could not be in sympathy, for they
 9	seemed to rely upon both good and evil. I had never
  	known of a case of healing, had never read the textbook
  	or heard of the Journal or Sentinel, but I would sometimes
12	see people going into the Christian Science church. I was
  	tired of trying to find anything satisfactory in religious
  	belief, for it seemed as if God either could not or would
15	not bring into harmony the terrible conditions existing in
  	human society. I had quit using any form of prayer ex-
  	cept the Lord's Prayer, and even then omitted the words
18	"lead us not into temptation." How I longed to know
  	just a little of the "why?" and "wherefore?" of it all. 
  	    Here is where Christian Science found me. I was
21	thrown in contact with a dear friend of whom I had seen
  	very little for a year or more, a thoroughly... educated woman
  	and a thinker. She told me she had taken some treatments
24	in Christian Science for a physical trouble, and had be-
  	come very much interested in the study of "Science and
  	Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy. She
27	asked me if I would like to look at the book, and I said I
  	would be glad to do so. The first chapter, "Prayer,"
  	appealed to me from the first, and when I came to Mrs.
30	Eddy's spiritual sense of the Lord's Prayer (Science and
  	Health, p. 17), my interest was fully aroused. I knew
  	that in a dim way I was learning what it means to "pray
 1	without ceasing." Very soon I bought a book of my own,
  	and with the help of our Lesson-Sermons, as given in the
 3	Quarterly, I began in earnest the study of Science and
  	Health, in connection with the Bible. 
  	    I stood very much in need of physical healing at this
 6	time, having suffered for several years from an obstinate
  	form of stomach trouble. So far as I know, I gave no
  	thought to the benefits I might derive physically from the
 9	study, but I did believe this Science held the truth of things,
  	and I was so absorbed in getting an understanding of the
  	Principle that I thought very little of myself. After about
12	three or four months' study I realized that the stomach
  	trouble was gone, and with it went other physical troubles,
  	which have never returned. This healing was brought
15	about by the earnest, conscientious seeking for the truth,
  	as contained in the Bible and interpreted by our Leader
  	in our textbook, Science and Health. I have since learned
18	more of the Science of healing and have been able in a
  	small way to help others in need. I have also learned
  	that in living and loving is healing realized, and in reflect-
21	ing divine Love I have the "signs following." 
  	    When we think of the pure, loving, unselfish life Mrs.
  	Eddy must have lived in order to become conscious of this
24	truth and give it to us, words are a poor medium through
  	which to express the gratitude which her followers feel for
  	her. It is best expressed by obediently following her, even
27	as she is following Christ. — H. T., Omaha, Neb.
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