Testimony of Healing February 8, 1908 Issue

Like many others, I have been slow to acknowledge...

Florence V. Edds

Like many others, I have been slow to acknowledge through these pages the great good I have received since learning of the ways and power of Christian Science. My first thought now is one of gratitude to God, whom I have been taught to "know aright," and to our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy. When I first learned of this truth, and began to study and apply it, I found that much of the old sense of fear, doubt, limitation, and physical ills was slipping from me. From the thought of a dear sister who had become interested in it a short time before I had, a great longing sprang up to see Mrs. Eddy, to clasp her hand, and thank her for her pure life through which so much had come to us, but in these later years I have begun to hear the Divine voice saying, "Let your daily life show your gratitude, and you will see her and all as reflections of Principle, God." And this way has begun to satisfy me. There have been daily victories over the wrong sense of self, and much fear held for myself and others had been overcome. Now I know that God, who is Love, destroys all evil. I know that if I steadfastly rely on God, and refuse to acknowledge suggestions of fear as any part of my mentality, I am reflecting Love, and error cannot even seem real to me. It was not easy to do this at first, though I could see the logic of it; but now I am learning that man is God's perfect idea, reflecting Him in mentality, ability, etc., as all that is good and complete.

Among the many demonstrations of a physical nature that have been made, the following has been good to remember. I had retired one night last June, disturbed by a sense of weakness and dizziness. The day had been a busy one, and I felt very weary as I prepared for bed. My last waking thoughts were of God, and of myself as His child, loved and protected. I rested through the night, but in the early morning found myself very ill with head and stomach trouble. That was at five o'clock, and for an hour, though unable to turn my head, I steadfastly declared the power of God to heal and save. At six the practitioner who had been telephoned for arrived. To my sense the battle was sharp indeed, and death seemed near, but in one short hour the acute illness was destroyed. I was left seemingly very weak, but so happy and thankful, and I shall always be glad to remember that my joy was in knowing how and why I was healed. Through all the struggle I felt so clearly the sense of being loved and cared for, no matter through what experience I might seem to pass. All unfavorable symptoms were bravely met and destroyed by the understanding of Truth, and I never before realized so clearly what it means to be "governed by God"

(Science and Health, p. 495). It was so natural, so right, to take the case to God, instead of using material remedies. I sat up for a time the second day, and also began to eat whatever I wished, though I had not been able to retain any food the first day. By the third day I was up and about as usual, but with an enlarged sense of the omnipotence of God. Those about me at the time said they did not understand how any one, seeing this proof of Truth's power, could doubt the teaching of Christian Science.

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