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attack of suffering. I opened the book for the first
time and found a paragraph near the middle which
attracted my attention. I read the same paragraph over
and over for nearly two hours. When the tea bell rang
I closed the book and I shall never forget my perception
of the new heaven and the new earth, - everything
in nature that I could see seemed to have been
washed and made clean. The flowers that I have
always loved so much, and that from childhood had
told me such sweet stories, now spoke to me of the
All-in-all, the hearts of my friends seemed kinder, - I
had touched the hem of the garment of healing.
I ate my supper that evening forgetful of the preparations
I had made for suffering, and when the next
day began I was more zealous of good work than ever
before. Since closing Science and Health at my first
reading I have never been able to find the paragraph
which I had read so many times over, the words seemed
to have slipped away from me, but my joy knew no
bounds at having found the pearl of great price. By
the continued reading of the book I was entirely
healed, and for fourteen years I have not seen a day
of physical suffering. - Miss L. M., Rome, N. Y.
DEAFNESS AND DROPSY HEALED
I had been deaf from childhood. I suffered intensely
after eating, and dropsy was another of my complaints.
This, with consumption, caused one doctor to say, "It
puzzles me; I have never seen such a case before as
yours."
I met a friend who had been cured in Christian
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