Testimony of Healing January 3, 1914 Issue

I have no fitting words in which to express my gratitude...

Maude H. Morehouse

I have no fitting words in which to express my gratitude for all the blessings that have come to us in the past three years through the study of Christian Science.

When this Science was first presented to us, we were truly without hope and without God. I cannot remember, even as a little child, of being free from pain, and owing to ill health, had grown so despondent that I seemed unable to see the bright side of anything or the good in any one. I had been treated by many physicians, and the last one who diagnosed my case said that medicine could never heal me, for it was only supposed to build up the system; but the patient must furnish the system, and as mine had so wasted away since infancy, I had none to build up. The Bible tells us, however, that Spirit will form us anew, and I know that the spiritual understanding of being does form one anew, and will heal all of our diseases.

When I first began to investigate Christian Science and was told that God is truly a "present help in trouble," it was very hard for me to believe, for I had never found Him so, though I had been seeking Him all my life; but during the second week of my study of Science and Health the truth of this statement was proven to me so forcibly, through an accident (the explosion of my gas-stove), that I have never since doubted it. My first thought at the time of the accident was that my sight was lost, for my glasses were blown off and I seemed unable to see; but this was only for an instant, then the "still small voice" whispered, "Be still, and know that I am God." With that all fear left me, and for the first time in my life I experienced that peace "which passeth all understanding."

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