Testimony of Healing July 4, 1908 Issue

When I came to Christian Science I was in a most...

Susan J. Stanhope

When I came to Christian Science I was in a most miserable statge of health. I suffered from many complaints, the principal one being a serious form of heart disease, which dated from childhood and was complicated by rheumatic trouble, of which I had had a very severe attack when about two years old. I had many doctors, several of them of very high standing in their profession, noble men who really pitied me, but they said my case was incurable and that only with care and by avoiding all excitement could I hope to prolong my days. As for medicine, they frankly told me that it could do little or no good. It did in fact seem to harm me, so that everything I ate distressed me. Owing to my belief that a shock would be fatal to me, on account of the heart trouble, I lived in constant dread of some calamity, and if my husband or children did not reach home as soon as I expected, I would be sure the long anticipated blow had fallen. This aggravated my complaint, and at times I would long for death as promising my only relief. One day a neighbor ran to my door and screamed that my father's house was on fire and the result of that terrible experience was a very serious illness. The doctor prescribed some medicine, but it gave me little relief, and as time went on I was still no better. One day, after a severe attack, I said to my daughter that I thought I had heard of a lecture on Christian Science being printed in the paper, and I asked her to find it and read it to me. She did so, and before she had finished the reading I said, "Christian Science can cure me, and I am going to find a practitioner." We called up a friend whom we knew to be a Scientist, and through him reached one who would take my case. I had relief at once, but my healing was comparatively slow. In three months, however, I was doing my own work, a thing I had not done for years; I was conscious of the presence of divine Love, and knew that beneath me were the "everlasting arms." I have since had many demonstrations for my family and myself.

I am trying to express my gratitude to God and to Mrs. Eddy every day and hour of my life, and to press on to the high calling of God in Christ Jesus, here and now, as Mrs. Eddy has taught us, that I may receive the peace which God gives to all His children.

Susan J. Stanhope, Denver, Col.

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