I was blessed by attending a...

Robert Crawford Jeffcott

I was blessed by attending a Christian Science Sunday School for several years; but when I left home after having graduated from high school, I strayed from Christian Science, forgetting it completely as a healing agent. Gradually even its letter began to recede from my thought.

Smoking became a tenacious habit, which, try as I would, I could not break, and I would spend evenings in succession drinking with those I then considered friends. Whenever I had a physical problem, I would unhesitatingly report to the medical department of my company for treatment under the medical insurance plan to which I contributed.

One winter an influenza epidemic spread through the city, and I landed in bed with a severe fever. I took medicines, but found no relief. By the fourth night I was pitifully weak, due to the intense fever, and having gone three days without food. I was afraid that I would not last through the night without some kind of relief.

In this state I finally turned to God. Just before the fever became more severe, I called a Christian Science practitioner and urgently asked her to help me. I myself prayed as I had never prayed before. The words I held to were: "Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief" (Mark 9:24), and, '"Thy will be done" (Matt. 6:10).

Then, suddenly, although I was aware of a sick body, there did not seem to be any connection between it and myself. The next instant the fever vanished, and I was completely healed. Upon getting up from my bed, I found myself strong and in an uplifted mental state, assured of two things: that God does exist and that Christian Science had proved its genuineness through the instantaneous healing I had experienced. I consecratedly embraced the study of Christian Science, and smoking and the desire to drink dropped away. I became a church member, found the kind of individuals whose friendship and example I cherish, and later received what I consider the greatest blessing—class instruction in Christian Science.

I am grateful for Mrs. Eddy, who has given us the perfect Science with which to solve every problem in our experience, and for the grand help and encouragement so unselfishly given me by the dedicated practitioner to whom I turned.—Robert Crawford Jeffcott II, New York, New York.

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