Testimony of Healing May 22, 1909 Issue

My life has been so blessed through the teachings of...

Ethel M. Hendren

My life has been so blessed through the teachings of Christian Science, that I feel it is through loving obedience alone I can express my gratitude. I have learned that it is only mortal belief which causes sin, sickness, and death; and we are freed from this belief in proportion as we learn that God is omnipotent. I have been able to overcome many errors; and at times, when it has seemed very dark, like the Israelites I cried unto the Lord in my troubles, and He delivered me out of my distresses.

Last summer a very painful swelling manifested itself on my foot, and at times I could hardly walk. I applied what little knowledge I then had of the truth, trying to realize that "Mind is the source of all movement, and there is no inertia to retard or check its perpetual and harmonious action" (Science and Health, p. 283). Although the healing was not instantaneous, I now know that it was all because I left the door of mortal thought open for discouragement and doubt to creep in; but after four months, with the loving and untiring help of a dear friend, I was entirely freed from this bondage. I was also healed in a very short time of a badly injured arm. Before the demonstration was entirely made, I was called upon to do some work which required continual movement of that arm; but I did it, thereby proving that there is no law of reversal in truth. At another time I was freed from a terrible shock resulting from a fall from a trolley-car; without any specific treatment I have been cured of throat trouble, to which I had been subject every winter. I could tell of many other things which have been overcome, proving that divine Mind is the only healer.

The spiritual uplifting is, however, of far greater importance to me. I seemed to find pleasure in worldly things, but I am glad to add, that when the truth of Christian Science was revealed to me, I found that true happiness comes from Spirit, God, not from worldly pleasures. What a blessing it is to know that there is an ever-present Father, who is all-loving, omnipotent good, and by faithfully watching and praying, and by knowing each day that God is Life, Truth, and Love, I am enabled to demonstrate harmony instead of discord. My earnest desire is to be able to lift others up out of darkness and chaos, into the true light. May I live the gratitude I feel toward God; and also to Mrs. Eddy and the kind friends who have patiently and lovingly helped and encouraged me.

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