From childhood I was troubled with swelling feet and...

Alice Bailey McClearey

From childhood I was troubled with swelling feet and ankles, and was not so strong and well as the average girl. Shortly after my marriage an operation was deemed necessary, after which I grew worse instead of better. No food could be retained, and all nourishment was given by hypodermic. It was called an advanced case of sugar diabetes. I spent nine months in the hospital, and during that time fourteen different physicians were either on the case or called in consultation, all giving the same verdict, "No possible hope of a healing."

At last it was decided that a continuous change of climate might prolong my life for a short while. I was taken from one climate to another, but received no benefit, and finally went to the home of a relative to die, since the disease had reached its last stages.

In this home I found "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and began to read it. I read almost constantly day and night, beginning to see some of its truths, but not seeking healing. I seemed to have no sense of time, place, or surroundings—just a desire to know God better.

One evening, just three weeks later, when my husband came home, I was dressed, walking on the porch, alone. This had not occurred in four years, and when he saw me he said at once: "Why, my dear, do you see what has happened? You are healed." My answer was, "I am not!" With this denial came a seeming reversal. Then I turned to God in humility, glimpsed His all-presence, and that night I slept till dawn. Upon awakening I realized that I was completely healed.

After spending years of suffering and seeking aid from materiality, I had found the "pearl of great price," and was healed by the reading of the Bible and Science and Health.

It would be impossible to express in words sufficient gratitude for such a proof of God's love and all-power, and to our revered Leader, Mrs. Eddy, who has made it possible for us to understand Truth. May my continuous, loving service to the Cause of Christian Science prove my gratitude to our Father-Mother God!—(Mrs.) Alice Bailey McClearey, Kansas City, Missouri.

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