To the glory of God, and in...

Lenore M. McCracken

To the glory of God, and in heartfelt gratitude to our Way-shower, Christ Jesus, to our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, and to the consecrated practitioners who are rendering such valiant service to humanity, I give the following testimony.

I had always been an ardent student of the Bible and an active member of the orthodox church in which I had been reared, but in 1932 I found myself dissatisfied with my religious life. I suffered from one physical difficulty after another. In a conversation with a friend who was a Christian Scientist, she remarked that our only need is spiritual. Her statement appealed to me, but I did not seem able to find a way of meeting that very apparent need. I borrowed a copy of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, but because of deep-seated orthodox teaching and antagonism to what I had believed Christian Science to be, I could not read more than a sentence or two of the book at a time. All I could do was to pray that I should be guided into the path of Truth.

Then followed a period of growing domestic and business responsibility with which I felt I could not possibly keep pace. Finally I became ill with a physical difficulty which caused intense suffering. The doctors recommended complete rest, but because of my medical history would not prescribe any medicine at all. In my dilemma, I telephoned to a Christian Science practitioner, not knowing anything about what such a treatment involved. She comfortingly assured me that I was the child of God and that nothing could possibly harm me, advising me to read the ninety-first Psalm and a certain page of the textbook. This I did, wondering if that was all there was to a Christian Science treatment. In a matter of minutes I found myself joyously singing, and I realized a burden had been lifted from my consciousness. I thanked God that my prayer had been answered and that I had found Truth. Before retiring, I threw out every drop of medicine in my possession. I had a wonderful night's sleep and awakened in the morning without any pain whatsoever.

My one desire was to know more about this wonderful teaching and how to apply it for myself. Very soon the opportunity came. I had always been troubled with a sensitive skin and for many months had been unable to use soap or water on my face. This condition became greatly aggravated, and I tried to get in touch with the practitioner, without success. I talked of the matter to a friend, and she stated emphatically that God had never created spot or blemish. I immediately started to use soap and water, and when tempted to think of the condition I clung steadfastly to that statement. In about ten days the whole condition cleared up, and it has never returned.

Christian Science has brought and is bringing great blessing into my life, and words cannot adequately express all that its teaching means to me.—(Miss) Lenore M. McCracken, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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