When yet a very young student...

Evalyn H. Marcotte

When yet a very young student of Christian Science, I testified through the periodicals to the blessings received in Christian Science, expressing gratitude for the healing of a member of my family of a so-called incurable disease as well as my own healing of acute spells of nervous indigestion, chronic stomach trouble, and a multitude of complaints.

There comes an urge now to express through this same avenue deep-rooted gratitude for the sustaining, healing, and regenerating power of Christian Science over a period of more than thirty years. During this time the pathway has not always been strewn with roses. Accomplishments have not always been easy, but through faithful study of our textbooks and the expectation inspired by this study one learns to walk with his hand in God's, and the security and peace which come of that confidence enable him to press on fearlessly to ultimate freedom.

There have been times when sorrow seemed to overwhelm, and disappointment and loss demanded recognition and power, but always a statement from our Leader's writings or a verse from the Bible illumined by some degree of scientific understanding was the staff on which to lean until victory came.

In one of the most difficult experiences, the angel that whispered during the entire night took the form of the fourth stanza of Mrs. Eddy's poem "Love" (Poems, p. 7). With the morning light came peace and the ability to see that the experience was one that seemed necessary to spiritual growth and progress and could be turned into a steppingstone instead of being a stumbling block in my pathway. Working from this standpoint, I gained a complete healing.

On several occasions there has come the opportunity to prove God, Mind, as the source of all supply, when visible means and avenues through which it might come seemed to be closed. It became very clear on these occasions that one must stand by and use without faltering what one knows of Christian Science. Mrs. Eddy's statement (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 307), "God gives you His spiritual ideas, and in turn, they give you daily supplies," enabled me to see that the real need was not material dollars, but rather an increased understanding and unfoldment of spiritual ideas, a wealth of spiritual knowledge.

Freedom from accidents has been outstanding. During these years, the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, has been given daily consecrated study. Such study, together with a study of our Leader's other writings and the Bible, does bring regeneration and redemption to all who honestly and earnestly put into practice what they learn.

It is a great privilege to be living in this age when opportunities to prove the availability of God's law are continually coming up.

I am deeply grateful to be one among the vast army of Christian Scientists who know and are able to prove in some small degree that Science answers all world problems in addition to meeting every individual human need. It is the Comforter that abideth forever.—(Mrs.) Evalyn H. Marcotte, New Orleans, Louisiana.

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