The fruit of Truth has been so satisfactory, that I have carried my family and others through sicknesses that would have puzzled the science of medicine, could it have witnessed the demonstration. This Some knew that the Science had lifted me from hopeless invalidism, even admitting me to be a walking advertisement for Christian Science; yet they derided it. Both neighbors and friends criticised, and stood aloof; while certain relatives would rather have nailed me in the coffin than have me depart from the orthodox views of a personal God, or admit that the Truth of Christian Science lifted me from the chaos of mortal sense. was well for me. For their erring thoughts, I returned them love; thus endeavoring to fulfil the law of Christian Science: "Love thy neighbor as thyself," and "return good for evil." Now, I am so happy with the unfoldings of Truth and Love, rather would I convey crumbs of comfort to soothe the weary traveler in the veil of sense, than enter most brilliant scene of worldly enjoyment. The years of Experience in work has brought such fruit that gold and silver could not purchase it; neither can persuasive flatteries of personal sense entice me to relinquish the God-given boon which, for so many years, I longed to possess. Science has wiped out my grief; given me health, and above all, the realization of the Love that is forever fearless and omnipresent. weary waiting and "hope deferred" have passed. I have found the way at last,-the only way to life immortal. As the dream of sense is being dissolved by demonstration and revelation, we enter upon our birthright in the realm of Soul, where the facts of Being will unfold to us throughout eternity. Christian Science understood and applied in our daily life, will rend the veil of sense, roll the stone from the sepulchre of sin, open the door to harmony, and give us possession of the joys of eternal life. It is thus that Christianity will be honored, people healed and converted; and sin, sickness and death eventually be blotted out of consciousness forever. NATURE'S sepulchre is breaking, - ALICE CARY. HEALING. HAVE known of this blessed Science for four years, and it has been of untold value to me. I have been a great sufferer for many years; was considered delicate all my life, and had lain in bed five years with the severest kind of suffering. Sometimes I would lie for weeks at a time unable to move myself, and experience greatest suffering whenever I had to be moved by some one else; and I know all that doctors and medicine could do, was done for me. I had as good medical doctors as could be obtained anywhere, but they failed to help me. I had been a member of the church for a number of years, and a child of many earnest prayers, but I got no better. There appeared an article in the newspaper about two or three persons being healed by Christian Science, and we knew them to be beyond the doctors' help; one was, in belief, in the last stage of consumption. This was the first we had ever heard of Christian Science. I thought, "If it has cured them perhaps it will help me," and concluded to try it at once. My father made inquiries, found out where the Christian Scientist was, and brought her to see me. She treated and talked to me a little, and such beautiful words! How sweet and comforting they sounded! I had never heard such words before, and they seemed to be just what I needed. My pain all left me, and I had such a sweet peaceful rest and sleep that night. The next day I said, “I feel so well that I want to sit up in the rocking chair while my bed is being made." I was lifted into the chair; but when my bed was finished I felt unwilling to lie down, and insisted in sitting up, until I sat up seven hours without ever lying down. Then my mother said to me, "You will overdo yourself"; but I said, "I am not afraid, I feel so well," - but I went to bed. The next day to my surprise and that of all the family, I felt still better and stronger than the day before, and stood up on my feet. The next day I walked a few steps, and then kept on improving every day. In less than four months we moved out West. M. G. I HAVE been a teacher in this State nineteen years. Taught continuously till my school closed last June. Have had belief of heart failure and rheumatism (so pronounced by physicians) and was obliged to give up teaching. First heard of Christian Science last September. Was brought into realization of the Truth and restored to health in a few days. Although I am a member of the Baptist Church of this place and was positive I had been regenerated, I never believed it possible to receive such a glorious conception of Truth. I did not think it possible to be so supremely happy in this world, and have the abiding faith and peace that passeth all understanding. I was a sufferer, miserable, unhappy. My religion was not sufficient to sustain me until I was brought into this beautiful realization; and my restoration to health, as well as the beauty of Christian Science, has brought three more, so we now number four. - MRS. F. B. L. ABOUT two years ago, my attention was first called to Christian Science and what it could do for man; but I had no sooner heard of it than I came to the conclusion that it was a genuine humbug, and that any one who practised it should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. What did I know about Christian Science? Just simply nothing. My sister, whom a council of doctors had pronounced beyond the reach of medical aid, had gone to Mto be treated by a Christian Scientist, as a last resort; but it was my firm conviction, at that time, that if good doctors and medicine could not cure her, nothing could. Upon her return home I saw, or thought I saw, a change for the better, which I reluctantly admitted; but she was satisfied that she had found the straight road. We soon had a copy of SCIENCE AND HEALTH, and I went to work in earnest,- to work out my salvation, through Truth. Up to this time I had always thought I was about as good as the average man, although I had committed almost every sin in thought, if not in deed. I was afflicted with numerous chronic ailments, and besides, with every west wind, I had the sorest of sore throats; was also unable to read without glasses. I denied all these claims faithfully to the best of my understanding for about three months, without any change except for the worse. I was often tempted to give up, as the claims of pain seemed too real to deny; but I held fast, and never once did I turn back. Within the next three months I was freed from all the aforementioned claims, except that of poor eyesight. The claims of sin I was not so willing to part with; thinking still that there was pleasure in drinking, comfort in chewing and smoking, and satisfaction in getting angry and swearing; but I dropped them all, one by one, without any special effort on my part, and not knowing why I did it. I had been studying SCIENCE AND HEALTH faithfully up to this time, swallowing it all, though I must say some of it was bitter as gall at that time. In January 1891 my sister and I took the first course of lessons, and since that time have been able to understand and demonstrate the utter falsity of error and its claims; to realize, in a small degree, the allness of God. From this time my eyesight improved, but I was still unable to read at night without glasses. Not being able to overcome this claim myself, I asked help of a Scientist, and in less than a week I could read fine print. II. S. FOR years I have been a victim of rheumatism, and for months have been confined to the bed. In addition to this claim, in October, 1891, pleuro-pneumonia set in; and, as days passed by, I became weaker and weaker, and I could neither eat nor sleep. Drugs could do no more for me. Morphine alone was administered, and my friends looked for the end which soon must come; but, from behind that dark curtain of death, there flashed a glorious light. Christian Science came to the rescue at the eleventh hour. Well I remember how the stupor from morphine, and the pain passed away. I was as one raised from the dead. Strength again took possession of my limbs. I arose from my bed, and, within one half hour after treatment, I was dressed and partaking of a meal, after six days' fast. My healer has furnished me with a copy of SCIENCE AND HEALTH, and I now know that God is mightier than drugs. D. D. McL., ST. PAUL, MINN. AT three years of age, measles left me with hip disease; and at eight, the hip became dislocated. The best surgeons treated me, but failed to benefit. May 12, 1890, when I took my first treatment in Christian Science, I was unable to stand except with two crutches. On the 14th I began walking with a cane. In six weeks I laid aside the cane and walked as never before. Am now well, doing all kinds of housework, and glad to stand and testify to the healing power of Christian Science.-S. D. P. NOTES FROM THE FIELD. I WISH to add my testimony as to God's goodness in leading me to this new understanding of His nearness and power. can look back over a life of disappointment, and see God's hand guiding me through dark hours, on to the blessed sunshine of His presence. I was brought up without religious influence; still, my heart ever longed for that Christian experience which I heard belonged to those upon whom I looked with awe,- almost as if they belonged to another world. Little do we know how near we are to the kingdom sometimes in this very humble, honest longing. We can be sure that if our earnest prayer is to be guided aright, although we cannot yet see the Hand or way, we surely will be led to a higher and better understanding of God and what He would have us to be. I finally united with a Congregational Church; and earnestly sought the comfort I longed for, by entering heart and soul into its missionary and Sunday School work. After a year of unsatisfactory seeking - my health failing meantime, from several years of school teaching, SCIENCE AND HEALTH was put into my hands. Never can I forget the hour of that first reading. The words, "Desire is prayer" brought the comfort that, although I knew it not, I had been praying all my life. With the light that broke upon me that day, came physical healing; and, though I have passed through many trials and hard-fought battles since then, the glory of that hour, never quite faded, has given me courage to press on when heart failed, and seemingly all watchers had fled. My greatest battles have been won by holding steadfastly to the thought "And whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it"; but in no instance has victory come about as I had planned. God often has other niches for us to fill, beyond and above our short-sighted vision, whereto He will surely lead us, past the shoals and temptations, up to the "perfect day." "He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, |