Mrs. Eddy says, "To those leaning on the sustaining...

Nora Browne

Mrs. Eddy says, "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings" (Science and Health, Pref., p. vii). This statement of Christian Science is supported for me by many proofs of Truth's healing power. When I compare the past year in Science with those before it, years of sickness, sorrow, and suffering, my heart is filled with gratitude to God and thankfulness to our Leader for the "spiritual understanding that casts out evil as unreal" (p. 497).

Through disappointment, discouragement, and despondency, I was changed from a happy, care-free girl to a semi-invalid, trying every possible material remedy for healing. Having exhausted the skill of medical men, I took other treatments, and as my condition would not permit much exertion, I had to board near the office where these were given. For a short time I gained rapidly, but a reaction set in which left my condition worse than at first. I was on the verge of deep despair; but the lady with whom I boarded had been healed in Christian Science and I had become interested in it through literature which she had given me, so I sent for a practitioner and experienced almost immediate relief.

The spiritual uplift was, however, the most wonderful of all, and it has brought many other blessings. It is my daily source of joy, and even in my sleeping hours beautiful messages of divine Truth are received. While my progress has seemingly been slow, I know all error will yield, and with Paul I can say that these light afflictions, which are but for a moment, work out for me "a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." Through the clearer understanding of Truth attained by my own efforts and those of a loving practitioner, often, in working out my own salvation, there comes that blessed realization, "I will fear no evil: for thou art with me," and harmony is restored.

A few months ago, when my dear mother passed on, I was comforted by the sustaining power of divine Love. The thought of God as the only Life destroyed the sense of separation, which otherwise would have been unbearable. At times when grief would seem to control, the words, "He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me," again enabled me to prove the worth of divine Science. It has not yet been my privilege to attend any Christian Science service, but I have the Quarterly and study the Lesson-Sermon each day, which I find very helpful, also the many publications which our Leader has so lovingly provided,—the Sentinel, the Journal, and the Monitor,—all of which constantly hold before us the things that are lovely and true. Our "Shepherd Song" covers every step of the way, and all of these I count as precious treasures of Truth.

I am so thankful to know this blessed way in my youth, that I may make it my guiding chart, for I have found that God is Life, and God is Love, therefore no foe can harm me.

Nora Browne, Yale, Mich.

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