Testimony of Healing August 30, 1913 Issue

Six years ago I came in touch with Christian Science...

Sadie J. Skinner

Six years ago I came in touch with Christian Science through the healing of a friend. I had always had difficulty in hearing, and was generally in a very delicate condition. I knew scarcely anything about Christian Science, but I thought if it could help another person it could surely help me. The deafness has greatly lessened, and besides this I have been healed of much suffering, as well as of an acute attack of rheumatism. For one thing and another I have had treatment for months, and my healing has come slowly; but I have not been sorry for this, indeed I have been glad, for it has been a constant stimulus to greater effort toward spiritual growth, and has called for unceasing study and work, which I so sorely needed. I was often discouraged and despondent, for it seemed as if the healing would never come, and I also indulged in self-condemnation; but since I have seen so clearly that to yield to depression is simply selfishness, I have never again suffered from it.

When Christian Science found me, my one aim was pleasure-seeking; but with the so-called pleasures had come so much unhappiness and wrong-doing that Christian Science, with the spiritual living which it entails, came to me like a foretaste of heaven, for I was hungry and thirsty for it, and I turned to it like a tired child who goes to its mother's arms. I did not, however, immediately grasp and understand the teachings of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy; in fact, for two years I read the Lesson-Sermon daily, understanding very little of it; but I persevered, with the hope that it would bring healing, and possibly happiness, and then I thought I would never need to read it again. But before the healing came, the wonderful truth found in Christian Science, which brings such unspeakable peace, became clear, and now to me the Word of God, the Bible as understood in Christian Science, is my very life, and I can truly say, "Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee."

I have received class instruction, which has been invaluable. Christian Science has brought me great contentment, and has given me trustfulness and patience. Formerly, when I wakened in the morning, I would try desperately to fall back into sleep, thus seeking oblivion from unhappiness, but now I waken to the joy of living. I try daily to reflect the divine Love, and also to render absolute obedience, which is the great essential to spiritual growth. I have many times had to say, "Not my will, but thine, be done;" but after each struggle there has been such peace and joy that I now strive to know only the one will in every detail.

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