Testimony of Healing July 27, 1912 Issue

An overwhelming sense of gratitude prompts me to tell...

Ella C. Bailey

An overwhelming sense of gratitude prompts me to tell what Christian Science has done for me. Two or three years ago I passed through what seemed great sorrow and disgrace. The week before this incident I told a member of my family, who was seeking help in Christian Science, to leave it alone, as it was the work of the devil. Little did I then know that I was rejecting the corner-stone of Christianity.

In my great anguish I asked a friend, who had called to see me, to direct me to a Christian Science practitioner, for, as Job said, "Even today is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning." I saw the kind practitioner, who listened patiently to my story, and she spoke with such assurance that I was relieved of pain and was able to sleep that night, which I had not done for some time. She loaned me a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," and I was eager to know what that book contained. I felt a great sense of hunger come over me, and I persisted in searching for the truth. Many years had been given to church and philanthropic work, yet I never had been satisfied. I had even gone to my Sunday school superintendent and told him that I would have to give up my class of boys, for I was not instructing them aright. I could not accept some of the teachings which that church was giving. My experience, however, proved that "man's extremity is God's opportunity." I knocked and the door was opened. Unceasingly I was seeking, and with the aid of a faithful practitioner the clouds swifty passed away, and I was gaining each day, until great floods of the truth were pouring into consciousness. Later, the way was opened for class instruction, which was a great help to me.

I can surely repeat the words of the man whom Jesus healed, "Whereas I was blind, now I see." I am truly grateful for the way shown us by the Master, and for the rediscovery of the same truth by our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy. I am also grateful to all who so kindly assisted me.

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