read all of Science and Health, but do not read well any other book or paper, and they do not need to. With great love. — M. H. P.
I sold three copies of “Science and Health with Key
to the Scriptures” to friends, not long ago. One of them,
fifty years of age, said to me, “I never had one day's
sickness in my life; but after reading Science and Health
I found that I was bruised and mangled, from the crown
of my head to the soles of my feet. I have been reaching
after something that, before reading Science and
Health, seemed to me unattainable;” and with tears
in her eyes, she rejoiced in the God of her salvation.
Did not Jesus say, “If these should hold their peace, the
stones would immediately cry out”?
P. L., Lexington, Ky.
For eight years I suffered terribly with my eyes; I
could not read fifteen minutes without the most agonizing
sick headache. Oculists called it a case of double
vision, and said that the only chance for a cure lay in
cutting the muscles of the eyes. This was done, but the
pain was worse than before. One of the most famous
oculists of New York said I would simply have to endure
it for life, as it was a case of severe astigmatism.
I suffered so that my health gave way. A friend spoke to me of Christian Science, but I scoffed at the idea. Later on, in desperation, I asked her to lend me “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures,” thinking I might be able to read five minutes a day in it. I opened the
