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 1	                      THROUGH GREAT TRIBULATIONS 

  	    When I attempt to make plain what Christian Science
 3	has done for me, words fail me. For twenty years
  	I was a constant sufferer, my spine having been
  	injured when I was very young. As a little child I
 6	suffered so much that I would look up to the stars
  	and beg God, who I thought might be up there
  	somewhere, to take me away from the earth, — I was
 9	so tired. A great wall of pain seemed to separate me
  	from the pleasures enjoyed by others, and I could not
  	explain how I felt, because no one could understand. 
12	Years passed, and I saw my earthly happiness swept
  	away; my heart was broken and I did not know what
  	to do. I cried for help, day after day and night after
15	night, although I was not sure what God was, nor where
  	He was. I only knew that I suffered, and was
  	in need of help, and that there was no earthly help
18	for either mind or body. I loved purity, truth, and
  	right always, and this made evil seem a most terrible
  	reality. I was unable to cope with it, and so found
21	myself in despair. This was my condition when I com-
  	menced reading Science and Health. I was ready for
  	its message, and in about ten days there came a won-
24	derful insight into the truth which heals the sick and
  	binds up the broken-hearted. All pain left me, I had
  	a glimpse of the new heavens and the new earth, and
27	was beginning to be fed by Love divine. 
  ...	    I had suffered for years with insomnia. That night
  	I rested like a child, and awoke the next morning well
30	and happy. A flood of light daily illumined the pages
  	of the "little book," and the revelation it holds for all
 1	came to my waiting heart. "The peace which passeth
  	all understanding" rested upon me, and joy too deep for
 3	words transformed my life. My prayers were answered,
  	for I had found God in Christian Science. 
  	    The Bible, which I knew very little about, became
 6	my constant study, my joy, and my guide. The copy
  	which I bought at the time of my healing is marked
  	from Genesis to Revelation. It was so constantly
 9	in my hands for three years that the cover became
  	worn and the leaves loose, so it has been laid away
  	for a new one. Two and three o'clock in the morning
12	often found me poring over its pages, which grew
  	more and more sacred to me every day, and the help
  	I received therefrom was wonderful, for which I can
15	find no words to express my gratitude. — I. L., Los
  	Angeles, Cal. 
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