Testimony of Healing October 9, 1920 Issue

"Ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search...

Emma Jonas

"Ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart," and "Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me." The beauty and truth of these passages from Scripture have been wonderfully fulfilled for me, and impelled by a deep sense of gratitude I wish to give testimony to all the blessings which have come to me through the knowledge of God as an ever present help.

When I first heard of Christian Science over seven years ago, the statements made seemed unbelievable. Still I grasped at this ray of hope joyfully for release from an intestinal trouble of eighteen years' standing, which had annoyed me since my fourteenth year. Many physicians pronounced the trouble incurable. A dear friend who visited me in Paris advised me to try Christian Science, and during my vacation, which I invariably spent in Berlin, I attended a meeting and had treatment from a practitioner. My hope for instantaneous healing was not fulfilled. The next year I again had several treatments, but again the desired results were not attained. Now I realized that I must work earnestly in order to reach the goal. I gave up my position in Paris, returned to Berlin and commenced to study the Bible and the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. My condition improved slowly but steadily. After six months I could express gratitude for my healing with a joyful heart, although I did have several relapses to overcome until I attained that understanding where I knew that health is a complete, spiritual gift, which I possessed in proportion to my conscious at-one-ment with God. I was healed of blood poisoning and a painful inflammation of the eyes in a very short time.

The greatest and most wonderful proof that God made man spiritual, harmonious, complete, and eternal was proved to me in May, 1919. After the sudden passing on of a member of our family, this same claim tried to overpower me also; then suddenly it became so clear to me that God is eternal Life, omnipotent and omnipresent; I knew that as God's image and likeness I could not be separated from Him for an instant. Again and again I repeated this passage from Scripture: "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." When I realized this clearly, the attack was overcome. To satisfy themselves, my family called a physician, who was unable to find anything wrong, the heart action being perfectly normal. The attacks recurred frequently, but were always overcome through Christian Science treatment from a practitioner, who kindly made clear to me man's true being as God's image and likeness, and that as such he could not sin, be sick, or die.

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