Testimony of Healing August 7, 1920 Issue

To say that I am grateful and rejoice is to express but...

Charles Cracknell

To say that I am grateful and rejoice is to express but faintly my thankfulness to God and my gratitude to Mrs. Eddy for the many blessings that have come to me and mine through the study and teachings of Christian Science. Not only am I grateful for the wonderful healings, but I am most grateful for the moral and spiritual regeneration while studying the textbook. It is nearly six years since Christian Science was introduced to me, up to which time I had been a martyr to muscular rheumatism, for long periods unable even to bathe myself. I also suffered from chronic hemorrhoids, a terrible form of neurasthenia, and insomnia for which a powerful opiate had to be given to keep me from becoming demented.

Specialists were consulted. I was told that I had a most dangerous growth on the bowel and must undergo an operation. I was full of misery, had become exceedingly weak, and wished that it was all ended. I was placed in a nursing home for this operation, but it was postponed, and I was taken home for a little time. While lying in bed in the depths of despair, without hope and without God, Christian Science was mentioned to me, and I now know that what has proved to be true thousands of times, was again proved true in my own case; namely, that "man's extremity is God's opportunity." It brought to me some understanding of Truth and Life, though at first I doubted its efficacy. Never shall I forget the first visit of a dear Christian Scientist who, after some explanation of the healing power of Christian Science, read from the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, which seemed to sooth me in my wearied condition.

The next thing I remembered was apologizing for having been nearly asleep! Both the practitioner and my wife laughed, saying, "Why, you've been asleep two hours." I could not understand it then,—to sleep without a strong opiate,—but I felt it was the power of Truth contained in that book, and that I must know more about it. I asked for help, which was cheerfully given, and my heart goes out in loving gratitude to this practitioner whose most patient, self-sacrificing, and loving devotion helped me to overcome not only many physical discords, but to find a God who is ever willing to answer prayers. While he was helping me to gain some understanding of this ever healing truth, all these seeming discordant conditions vanished.

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