Testimony of Healing May 16, 1914 Issue

In the course of the last four years I have proved to the...

Mary E. Platt

In the course of the last four years I have proved to the satisfaction of myself and family that Christian Science heals not only sickness but all forms of unrest. All my life I had been considered delicate, and for approximately eight years I was an almost constant sufferer. About seven years ago I seemed to have been greatly benefited by a critical surgical operation and came to California hoping for still further improvement; but instead, a serious bladder and kidney trouble developed and I was compelled to enter a sanitarium. The acute symptoms were overcome, but there was no permanent relief, and I gave up all hope of ever being well, for nervousness, weakness, and irritability appeared to have taken full possession of me.

During those years of suffering I frequently heard of Christian Science, but as I had at one time taken a course in suggestive therapeutics, I believed myself to be very wise and was sure that I knew practically all about Christian Science. About four years ago, however, some of our friends began to take an interest in Mrs. Eddy's teaching, and I decided to read the text-book, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." I started to read conscientiously and carefully, at the same time wondering if I would find anything worth while. I had been raised in a Christian faith, and while I was always religiously inclined, yet during the last twenty-five years I had drifted away from all orthodox teaching, holding fast to only one thing,—that there was an all-wise and all-loving God who was in no wise responsible for the evil in the world; and in a blind, helpless way I always turned to Him in times of greatest stress. I thought that even though I did not now understand, still some time, some where, presumably in another world, things would all be made clear to me.

As I read in our text-book that wondrous chapter on Prayer, the day began to dawn; and as the following chapter, Atonement and Eucharist, unfolded before me, my gratitude and joy were unbounded. I felt that my former doubts might be cast aside, for I now began to see scientifically that Christ is indeed our Saviour. I immediately became a regular attendant at the church services. Then I bought the Quarterly, and began a systematic study of this wonderful doctrine. In a short time the corrected thinking began to manifest itself in better physical conditions, and in the course of a few months the thought of using material remedies had become a thing of the past.

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