At the time, Mrs. A—— was suffering with severe belief of astigmatism of the eyes. She had been treated by a number of specialists, during seven years, the last being the late Dr. Agnew of New York, who prescribed two sets of glasses. He said that he could do nothing more for her, as the trouble was organic; that she must wear glasses constantly; that if she attempted to go without, she would become either blind or insane. The glasses were in operation, and still life had become a burden from constant pain, when Christian Science came to our relief. Mrs. A—— had not in years read for two consecutive minutes, and could not use her eyes in sewing at all. The lady that told us of the Science, insisted that she could read Science and Health, which she actually did, — reading it through twice, and studying it carefully each time. After the second reading, there came the thought that she did not need the glasses, and she at once abandoned them, and went about her usual duties. In about two weeks from that day the eyes were perfectly healed, and are well and strong to-day.
My Dear Teacher: — Yours without date is at hand.
Could you know out of what depths of material débris
the first reading of the first volume of Science and Health,
six years ago last December, lifted me, you would
believe it had always been “all I could ask.” It was only
words from the pen of uninspired writers that gave me
pain. As the revelation of the All-good appeared to
me, all other books, all forms of religion, all methods
of healing, to my sense became void. Chronic beliefs of
