I would like to express my gratitude for all that Christian Science...

L. G. Murray

I would like to express my gratitude for all that Christian Science has done for me. Before I knew of this religion I was for many years in a state of mental darkness and misery. I never went to church, as the old theology I had been taught in my youth was absolutely unsatisfactory, full of contraditions, and of no use to any one who wanted to prove its truth. The God I had been told to worship seemed to me as capricious and unjust as Jupiter, and I would have none of Him. I was filled with bitterness and resentment at the thought of all the sin and useless suffering I saw around me, and concluded that there could be no God, only some blind, cruel power that brought us into life to suffer and to die for no purpose.

In my own household there was always sickness, depression, and endless worry. I suffered greatly from recurring and severe attacks of influenza, constant neuralgia of the head, and great physical exhaustion. My eyes too were becoming affected by the headaches, and I could read at night only with the aid of glasses. One day, in a state of deep depression, I went to visit some friends. They were talking in an eager and animated way about Christian Science, as a Scientist had just been in to see them. I asked what this teaching was, and they said they did not know, but Christian Scientists healed the sick and all seemed happy and healthy. I wondered greatly and enviously what could make them so happy. On returning home I spoke about it to my husband, and we agreed to make inquiries, especially as we wished to teach some religion to our little daughter and had none to give her.

Not long afterward my husband brought me a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." I took it with me to my room when I went to bed, feeling, as usual, weary and discouraged. I opened it just to read something, as I always did before sleeping, but I had not read long before a great light seemed to shine through all the darkness and I called to my husband, "I have found at last what I have so long been looking for, the truth." Since then my whole outlook on life has changed.

Before I knew of Christian Science I was oppressed with many fears,—fears of illness, of misfortune, of lack,—and these made life a burden. Now I am thankful to say these fears have almost entirely passed out of my consciousness. My health is better than it has been for fifteen years. Only once have I had an attack of influenza, and it was overcome in two days. Neuralgic headaches I never have at all, and I have long since put away my glasses. For the physical healing I am indeed grateful, but much more so for the spiritual healing. I can never express in words my deep thankfulness for the joy and peace which have come into my life, for the great and blessed knowledge that God is Love; that He is ever near, "a very present help in trouble," and not "a God afar off."

This winter I have been entirely without help in the house, and have been able through Christian Science to undertake very strenuous work entailing early rising. Although there has been much sickness all around me, I have never been off duty a single day, and have been able to overcome feelings of fatigue and discouragement. Both my children were healed of severe attacks of influenza; the one who was in high fever and delirious was cured of those alarming symptoms after ten minutes' treatment. Many other things I am being helped to overcome, and my heart is full of thankfulness to God, and also gratitude to our revered Leader, Mrs. Eddy, for showing us the truth.

Mrs. L. G. Murray, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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