Testimony of Healing July 24, 1902 Issue

The following testimonies given at a late meeting of First Church...

The following testimonies given at a late meeting of First Church of Christ, Scientist, New Bedford, Mass., were reported in the daily Standard from which we quote.

The first speaker had always been a student of the Bible, finding help in its study, but through the teachings of Christian Science, she is daily gaining more of the deep spiritual meaning of the sacred Word. As an example of her practical application of its laws, she spoke of an experience some seven years ago, when young in Science. "My youngest child was seized with a violent attack of croup, and every mother knows what that meant. I arose from my bed, filled with fear, to prepare an old-fashioned remedy, when there seemed to ring in my ear, these words: 'Thou shalt have no other gods before me.' I saw God to be the only Power, infinite Life, Truth, and Love. Instantly the child fell asleep, and I laid my head upon the pillow, not to sleep, but to ponder on the power, the wonder of God's love. The child was healed, and from that time to this, God has been our only healer."

A lady said her experience had been quite different, for before the light of Christian Science shone on her darkened heart, she never cared to read the Bible. Now it is the dearest book in the world, a practical help in every time of need, physical and spiritual. The time had been when she ridiculed Christian Science, even while knowing nothing about it, but when her mother was healed of a serious disease, called incurable, she began the study in earnest, and found it to be the religion of Jesus Christ, healing and reforming sick and sinful humanity.

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