"Fruitage"

                                                 John Robert Howell



        For the visitor to this blog who is brand new to Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, I can highly recommend Chapter XVIII, "Fruitage" as a source of inspiration.  And for the seasoned student of Christian Science as well.  I never avail myself of the material contained in this chapter without experiencing spiritual uplift.

        The letters/testimonies in "Fruitage" are healings based solely on each writer's own reading and assimilation of Science and Health.  The humble, trustful, childlike receptivity to Truth these letters exemplify should be ever encouraging to anyone in need of God's help.

        There are also "Letters from those Healed" in Miscellaneous Writings, also by Mrs. Eddy.  Two that stand out are probably by the same person, Sam in one and S.G. (in the other) Schroyer of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (pp. 435-36 and 439-40).  Mr. Schroyer's modesty, faith, humility, and demonstrations of wha Christian Science teaches are most affecting and should be an object lesson for any struggling heart.

        Both groups of testimonies also reinforce the importance of gratitude to God for His gift to this age of Divine Science.