Testimony of Healing September 10, 1927 Issue

Words are inadequate to express my gratitude for Christian Science...

Rose A. Ryley

Words are inadequate to express my gratitude for Christian Science, for the understanding and help I have received, and for what it is doing for mankind. My first healing was of an ulcerated tooth. Two weeks previously I had scoffed at the notion that Christian Science could fill a cavity. After a week of pain, lack of sleep and food, and after the fluid used to deaden the pain had failed, I went to the friend who had told me of Christian Science healing. I borrowed "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. After reading a few pages of the chapter on Prayer I fell asleep, to awake two hours later free from pain.

Needless to say, I knew that Christian Science was what I desired. It has changed my life completely, for now I know where to turn for help, guidance, protection, and understanding. I know also that the desire to do right is always answered when we look to God.

At the time of this healing I was wearing a support for my back, but it was immediately discarded, as I knew that my strength came from God. I was also suffering from pernicious anæmia, which made the future seem very discouraging. Added to this condition were cramps in my limbs which would waken me many times in the night. I learned the "scientific statement of being," as given by Mrs. Eddy in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 468), and each time I awoke I repeated it. Finally, I would wake repeating it, until error could find no place in my consciousness, for I was on guard against error whether awake or asleep. This was my first lesson in alertness, and it has helped me many times.

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