Testimony of Healing March 4, 1911 Issue

In sincere gratitude for what Christian Science has been...

Anna Rachel Taylor

In sincere gratitude for what Christian Science has been to me thus far, I would like to relate an experience which I had over a year ago, and which decided me to study Christian Science. I had been suffering from a severe attack of an organic trouble which had become chronic. Some years ago I had experienced a severe attack of peritonitis, which lasted three months, so I knew that to ask aid of a physician would be of no avail, and I did not propose to spend another three months that way. Without any one else's knowledge, I began to read Science and Health. I did not know how I could possibly be cured by so doing, but thought I would at least see what benefit might be derived through reading the book, so commenced at the beginning.

At length I came to where Mrs. Eddy says, "Become conscious for a single moment that Life and intelligence are purely spiritual,—neither in nor of matter,—and the body will then utter no complaints. If suffering from a belief in sickness, you will find yourself suddenly well" (p. 14); and as I read these words they seemed most beautiful to me, though at first I could not fully comprehend them. I read and reread the passage, trying to realize its full meaning, and finally closed the book and meditated upon what I had been reading. In a few moments the full realization of its truth came to me like a light to one in darkness, and I found myself suddenly well, and decided at once that the right place for me was in the Christian Science church.

Anna Rachel Taylor, Minneapolis, Minn.

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