get through with that book, but, as others were waiting for it, I did not like to keep it too long. God bless the author!
“I need have no fear after leaving here; I feel that I can make an honest living. I can honestly add, that my bad reputation is largely due to my lack of education. What little I do know, I learned here and in the House of Correction. I tell you this, for I feel that I must be honest with the kind friends who have done so much for me.
“Providing I should not be paroled, I shall remain here until the 24th of next December. God bless you all. — J. C.”
I am glad to tell how I was healed. Beliefs of
consumption, dyspepsia, neuralgia, piles, tobacco, and bad
language held me in bondage for many years. Doctors
that were consulted did nothing to relieve me, and I
constantly grew worse. Nearly two years ago a lady
told me that if I would read a book called “Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures” I would be healed.
I told her I would “go into it for all it is worth,” and
I have found that it is worth all. I got the book, and
read day and night. I saw that it must be true, and
believed that what I could not then understand would be
made clear later.
After some days' reading I was affected with drowsiness, followed by vomiting. This lasted several hours; when I fell into a sleep, and awoke healed. The good I have received, and that I have been able to do in healing others, has all come from Science and Health. I received some instructions from teachers; but they did me more