Testimony of Healing May 23, 1925 Issue

After an operation the promise was made that I would...

Nellie H. McLeod

After an operation the promise was made that I would be free from troubles at the end of a year; but such was not the case. Other kinds of treatment were resorted to, with no permanent benefit. I was in despair, but found that "man's extremity is God's opportunity" when a Christian Science practitioner assured me that the Christ, Truth, is ever present and that healing could be had here and now. This was the most cheering help offered me in years; and relief was experienced at the first treatment. When a friend in my old church asked, "Can you not pray for yourself?" reply was made that I had done so for a long time but had found that Christian Science teaches us how to pray aright.

The sharp distinction Mrs. Eddy makes between the real and the unreal, the spiritual and the material, appealed to me from the very first; also her advice to prove for ourselves the truth of her teachings. On page 370 of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," she writes, "The body improves under the same regimen which spiritualizes the thought;" and this was proved to be true in my case, for as fear, worry, and resentment gave place to true thinking, better conditions prevailed. At a time of anxiety another proof was given, when our son in France wrote: "To-day your letter came with the booklets inclosed. I was ill, but after reading them felt relieved and did not tell the doctor, so was not sent to the hospital as I probably would have been." These words from page 559 of our textbook kept coming to mind: "The 'still, small voice' of scientific thought reaches over continent and ocean to the globe's remotest bound," and many times helped me after that experience.

After living in a strange city for about two years, I found the Christian Science Reading Room. To me it was the open door of hospitality. Sitting there to read and rest, I found these words in "Pulpit and Press" (p. 1) by Mrs. Eddy: "Time past and time present, both, may pain us, but time improved is eloquent in God's praise." Shortly after this came an opportunity to be active and useful, even though I was not a member of the church there. Can any one wonder that we are grateful to Mrs. Eddy, who has so clearly shown us the way to this healing truth? For membership in The Mother Church and in a branch church, for class instruction, for a broader understanding of friendship and of brotherhood, and for all the activities connected with our Cause, I am more grateful than mere words can express.

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