Testimony of Healing March 7, 1914 Issue

It is my desire to give a cup of cold water to some one in...

Florence M. Melder

It is my desire to give a cup of cold water to some one in need, by offering my testimony to the Christian Science Sentinel. I know not how best to express the deep gratitude and love I feel, for words poorly convey spiritual thoughts. In our family, Christian Science has healed severe illness, in teething, acute lung trouble, rheumatism, colds, and burns. Then an abscess behind the ear, which was pronounced dangerous by a doctor, was treated by a Christian Science practitioner for about two weeks, when no trace of it remained. The child has been well and has grown rapidly ever since. Not long ago he fell and cut his lip severely. By the next morning, however, there was nothing left but a faint scar, and this was healed with the slight understanding I have of the truth.

For the physical help we are indeed grateful, but much more so for the spiritual uplift, the knowledge that "God is a very present help in trouble," and that as we are able to put our trust in Him, He does indeed make us free from all sin and suffering. My children all look for the Sentinel each week, and the little ones ask for the "helpings," as they call the testimonies, to be read first. I thank God that He gave Mrs. Eddy the understanding which enabled her to bring this truth to the world in such a form that we may have it always. My daily prayer is to gain more wisdom, and a clearer understanding of the truth as given to us by Christ Jesus.—Florence M. Melder, Rathdrum, Idaho.

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