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 3	                                A REMARKABLE CASE 

  	    Nine years ago my only child was hovering between
  	life and death. Some of the best physicians in Boston
 6	had pronounced his case incurable, saying that if he
  	lived he would always be an invalid and a cripple. One
  	of the diseases was gastric catarrh. He was allowed
 9	to eat but very few things, and even after taking every
  	precaution, he suffered to the extent that he would
  	lie in spasms for half a day. He also had rickets; physi-
12	cians saying that there was not a natural bone in his
  	body. 
  	    It was while he was in what seemed to be his greatest
15	agony, and when I was in the darkest despair, that I
  	first heard of Christian Science. The bearer of the joyful
  	tidings could only tell me to come and hear of the wonder-
18	ful things that Christian Science was doing. I accepted
  	the invitation, for I was willing to try anything to save
  	my child, and the following Friday evening I attended
21	my first meeting, which was in The Mother Church of
  	Christ, Scientist. Long before the service began every
  	seat was filled, which was amazing to me, being an ordi-
24	nary weekly meeting, and that night I realized from the
  	testimonies given that Christian Science was the religion
  	for which I had been searching for years. The next
27	day I went to find a practitioner, but was unable to get
  	the one who had been recommended, he being too busy. 
  	On my wa...y home I thought of some of the testimonies
30	which I had heard the night before, — of people being
 1	healed by simply reading Science and Health. I resolved
  	at once to borrow a copy, and not dreaming of the
 3	sacrifice that my friend would make by conferring such
  	a favor, I went and asked her for a loan of Science
  	and Health. I never saw any one part so reluctantly
 6	with a book as my friend did with her copy of the
  	textbook. 
  	    I read it silently and audibly, day and night, in my
 9	home, and although I could not seem to understand
  	it, yet the healing commenced to take place at once. 
  	The little mouth which had been twisted by spasms
12	grew natural and the child was soon able to be up,
  	playing and romping about the house as any child
  	should. About this time we decided to move to the
15	far West. 
  	    I was young in Science at the time, and my husband
  	greatly feared that the journey would cause a relapse
18	for the child, but instead, he continued to improve. I
  	constantly read the Bible, Science and Health, and Mis-
  	cellaneous Writings, the two weeks we traveled, and we
21	were the only ones in our car who, throughout the journey,
  	did not get train sick. The child's limbs grew perfectly
  	straight, he ate anything he wanted, and for years he has
24	been a natural, healthy child in every way. He has passed
  	through some of the worst forms of contagion untouched
  	and unharmed. 
27	    I had been reading Science and Health several months,
  	before I gave any thought to myself and my numerous
  	complaints. I had never been very strong, and some of
30	my ailments were supposed to be hereditary and chronic,
  	hence I dragged through many tedious years with a belief
  	in medical laws and hereditary laws resting upon me. 
 1	Just before I commenced reading Science and Health
  	I spent a half day in having my eyes examined by one
 3	of the leading oculists in Boston. His verdict was that
  	my eyes were in a dreadful condition, and that I would
  	always need to wear glasses. In the meantime I com-
 6	menced to read Science and Health, and when I thought
  	of my eyes, I had no need for glasses. The years that
  	I have been in Science I have used my eyes incessantly,
 9	night as well as day, doing all kinds of trying work and
  	without requiring the aid of glasses. I was healed of
  	all my complaints whilst seeking the truth for my child,
12	and many of them have never returned. Those that
  	appeared simply came to the surface to be destroyed. 
  	Teeth have been restored and facial blemishes re-
15	moved, unconsciously, simply by reading Science and
  	Health. All of this is, however, nothing to compare
  	with the spiritual uplifting which I have received, and
18	I have everything to be thankful for. — M. T. W., Los
  	Angeles, Cal. 
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