Testimony of Healing January 15, 1921 Issue

It is my duty as well as my privilege and desire to give...

Catherine Cracraft with contributions from John Cracraft

It is my duty as well as my privilege and desire to give my testimony to what Christian Science has done for us. From childhood I had been troubled with my eyes. The balls would often become swollen, inflamed, and very painful, and I could not bear the light. I visited nine doctors whose opinions differed as to my case. This seemed to be only guesswork. I got no encouragement from any of them. I was told not to stoop, not even to pick up a pin, as it might result in injury to my eyes, and not to lift any weight, as I was liable to become suddenly blind by lifting. I had not much more than entered womanhood when these so-called laws were laid upon me. I could not understand how any one could journey through life and obey them, and so gave them no heed. I have stooped, and have lifted all that has been necessary without any such results.

I often asked God to show us how to get along without calling on doctors. One evening when my two youngest children and I were in the garden, a friend, who was once a neighbor of ours, stopped to talk to me for a few minutes, and handed me a copy of the Sentinel before she went on her way. I could not then do my own reading and now, although the healing of my eyes is not complete, through Christian Science I am able to read through a double glass. I took the Sentinel to my husband, and sat down to hear him read. The more he read the more I knew God had answered my prayer. I said, "That is just what I have been looking for," and the next Wednesday I went to visit this friend to see what more I could learn about this truth. We drove a distance of thirteen miles to the town where she lived and I told her I was interested in this teaching and that I wanted to learn more about it. She told us that they had a church in town and that we could visit the reading room, which we did. The lady in charge directed us to the office of a practitioner whom we found to be very loving and kind. I had been troubled with a pain in my left elbow for nine months. While the practitioner was talking to me this pain disappeared and has never returned. This was seven and a half years ago. We borrowed a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, and the Scientist gave us a few copies of the Sentinel and a copy of the Journal, which started us on the right road.

Since coming to Colorado, we have called several times on a Christian Science practitioner for help, which has always been lovingly given. We are a family of five and have all been benefited by Science. Last year the boys were healed of influenza through absent treatment and later my daughter was healed of erysipelas, also through absent treatment, as was my husband of the tobacco habit. For these healings we are most grateful, and can never praise God enough for His mercies and wonderful works toward the children of men.

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