Testimony of Healing September 2, 1911 Issue

When I first heard of Christian Science, over nine years...

Flora E. Miller

When I first heard of Christian Science, over nine years ago, I was ill and very unhappy. Several years before I had graduated from a normal university, whither I had gone to prepare myself for teaching in the public schools. The course I took was known as a scientific course, terminating with a B.S. degree. Among other things which were presented to us for study and discussion was that intellectual mirage known as the evolutinary theory of the origin of man. We were required to read and study certain books and to prepare papers on them. As soon as I began the contemplation of this material philosophy my health and strength and happiness began to wane ; I had to be excused from certain duties, and after graduation went home almost a total wreck. It took months for me to recuperate sufficiently to enter the work of my chosen profession, and I can truly say now that from the time this godless theory first claimed my attention until it met its destruction, during my reading of the inspired pages of our text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," the conflict between Spirit and matter was waged ceaselessly—mortal mind declaring that in no other way could the universe including man be accounted for, and spiritual sense forever pleading for the recognition of Spirit—for-ever pleading pleading for God.

In August, 1900, exceedingly weary, ill, and despondent, I first heard of Christian Science and began to read the literature, also to take treatment. At once I began to improve, and one after another my ailments disappeared. At the first dawn of truth came a real inclination to live and a hope that perhaps I might sometime be happy. Then a chronic throat trouble disappeared. I had had diphtheria some time before this and was told that I would be apt to have it frequently, as my throat had been left in a bad condition. This was, however, healed in a short time. I had had for years a stomach disorder, but I soon learned to eat anything I craved without fear. Later other troubles of even a more serious nature left me, and I became quite comfortable.

But that for which I am most grateful was a closer communion with God than I had ever known before. During what I may term the evolutionary regime God seemed so far away, so obscured, that I was desolate; but now He has become an ever-present help in trouble. After nine years of earnest seeking for the truth as revealed by our beloved Leader in our text-book, with all the manifold blessings of health and happiness which have come into my life standing out clearly before me, I lovingly, gratefully rehearse the words of the shepherd king, "I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in him will I trust."

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