Testimony of Healing January 14, 1911 Issue

It is with love and gratitude to God, and to Mrs. Eddy,...

Mary Pond

It is with love and gratitude to God, and to Mrs. Eddy, that I tell what Christian Science has done for me. It is two years since I took up the study. Christian Science found me a very unhappy woman, alone in the world, with the thought that I had nothing to live for; and the desire to end it all followed me continually. I was very melancholy, and dissatisfied with the doctrines of the churches. I had tried in the old way from childhood to be what the world calls a Christian, but I could never understand why God should punish His children with sickness and disappointments one after another, until they wished for death. But I am very thankful that God has led me into Science, where I find that God is Love and we have only to understand the divine Principle of being to be made whole. I am row living a happy life in truth and love.

When Christian Science found me I had been suffering with rheumatism over twenty-five years, and was sometimes helpless for weeks at a time. I also had heart and kidney trouble, which the doctors said could not be healed; and other internal troubles for which I had worn a supporter for over ten years. I had been treated by three different doctors, the last one saying I would never be well unless an operation was performed, to which I would not consent. I cried to God for help, but in February, 1909, I broke down and was helpless. I then sought help in Christian Science, and after the first treatment the pains were all gone. With two weeks' treatment and the study of the Bible and Science and Health I was a well woman. I was healed of by reading "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," before having treatment. I never knew what happiness was until I came to Christian Science, for I did not know what it was to be without pain for one day.

Now I am well and happy, but the physical healing is not to be compared with the spiritual uplifting. Everything seems glorious, as I am able by my small understanding to help others. I am indeed grateful for having been led so patiently and lovingly into the paths of Truth.

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