Testimony of Healing September 14, 1918 Issue

Hoping this testimony will do as much good as the messages...

Clara Raycraft

Hoping this testimony will do as much good as the messages of others have done me, I will tell what Christian Science has done for me and mine. I was given up by physicians of different medical schools, as they could do no more for me. They told me I had a certain form of lung trouble. I did not know what it was to be free from pain day or night, and had a dry, hacking cough, which was growing worse all the time. Not feeling satisfied, I tried a Chinese doctor for two years longer, but received no lasting benefit. I was almost despondent when a lady came to me with the good news of Christian Science, telling me of her healing.

I knew nothing of Christian Science, as I had heard very little about it and what I did hear was always against it; but as a last resort I decided to try it. I never shall forget the first meeting I attended, because it seemed to me I had found that for which I was looking. I commenced the study of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy about six years ago. While my healing was slow, I felt from the first that I would get well, for I could see little by little that my condition was improving in many ways. I was unable to turn my head without turning my whole body at the same time on account of the soreness, but I kept on studying and applying the truth as best I knew how until the demonstration was made. I had very little help from others, as I was not acquainted with any practitioner. At the end of about a year I was entirely healed. Although my healing was slow, this made me seek the kingdom of God within and prove that all things are added accordingly. Not only have I proved God to be All-in-all times of sickness, but never has He failed me when I have turned to Him in financial troubles. Christian Science has met our every need.

While I was trying to get relief from bondage, I was seeking just as hard to find some remedy that would help my youngest boy, who was also beyond medical help, the doctors saying his case was so complicated they could do no more for him. They seemed to be at a loss to know what to do next. They prescribed a change of climate, and we spent a great deal of money at different summer resorts, but he was getting worse. As the years went by some doctors said he had lung trouble, others said he had chronic appendicitis, for which there was no cure without an operation. He was also subject to bilious attacks, and sick headaches that would keep him in bed from two or three days to a week. He missed so much schooling that we began to fear he never would get through, but thanks to Christian Science he never knows what a day's sickness is any more. Within a remarkably short time he caught up in his studies and got ahead of those he was with at that time. He is seventeen years old and at the present time has a good position.

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