Testimony of Healing January 8, 1910 Issue

Only through the torturing fear of having to undergo...

Helen K. Christianson

Only through the torturing fear of having to undergo another operation, did I follow the advice of one who knew just a little of Christian Science, and so turn to it for help instead of to physicians. I had undergone two severe operations within a few months, being gone from home almost nine months, and upon my return I was still in bondage. I therefore went as a last resort to Christian Science for help. I knew comparatively little of this new yet old religion when I began treatment. I had been taught thoroughly in an orthodox belief and had been a faithful adherent of that church. Many times, as I lay on my sick-bed, I pondered these words of our Master, "Heal the sick," and wondered why I could not be healed now as were the helpless ones then.

From the very first I realized that Christian Science is the truth. To me it was "the second coming of Christ," and slowly but surely theology, with its creeds, doctrines, and material worship, gave place to spiritual understanding. The asserted laws of materia medica were broken and proved null and void. I realized the truth of Paul's saying, "The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death." During the time when I was receiving treatment, I studied Christian Science diligently and very earnestly. While my strength came at once, I could not see why my complete healing was not manifested. Having, however, the hope of success always before me, I worked more willingly and waited more patiently. Sense testimony often seemed to discourage me, but I had learned to "look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." This gave me encouragement and showed me that every child of God is perfect, spiritual, and harmonious.

One evening, in conversing with my husband, sense testimony strove to make itself heard above all else, but immediately I declared that there was nothing in this material structure or body which could tell me that I was sick, and I quoted the words of our text-book, "All that really exists is the divine Mind and its idea, and in this Mind the entire being is found harmonious and eternal" (Science and Health, p. 151). Then I began to realize what it means to be a child of God, made in His image and likeness, reflecting the one Mind, and knowing that all being is perfect and harmonious. I soon retired, and the next morning found that I was healed. The results of a grave mistake which the surgeons had made had been eradicated. The same day my complete healing took place; I had the actual proof that mental surgery had been performed on me, and for this I am indeed grateful.

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