Testimony of Healing January 2, 1915 Issue

On page 272 of Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy writes,...

Anna Greene with contributions from Marie Weil Mantoux

On page 272 of Science and Health, Mrs. Eddy writes, "The triumphs of Christian Science are recorded in the destruction of error and evil, from which are propagated the dismal beliefs of sin, sickness, and death." For several years my life has been a record of triumphs of Truth over error. The first touch of its transforming power came to me at a time when I had endured through human will, just as long as I could, the ravages of a terrible sorrow. I had been for some twenty-five years a member of a church and an ardent worker in its activities. I loved the church and humanity, and had gained much solace in helping to uplift and comfort others; but when my own loss came with all its pitiful and heart-breaking tragedy, I had nothing to hold to wherein to find comfort for myself.

I could not attribute any part of my sorrow, as theology would have it, to a "dispensation of Providence," neither could I see how God could be unconscious of it all. In my darkness I fought through two miserable years, until I was a wreck physically and mentally. I had one desire,—to die and be released; I knew of no other way in which my agony could end. I know now that even then Christ stood at the door knocking for admission; and when I said to a dear Christian Scientist who came to my home just at the right time, that I had gone as far as I could, and if she had anything for me I wanted it, I at that moment opened the door and admitted "The Prince of Peace."

From that hour the transformation has steadily gone on. I shall never forget how quietly and positively that good woman said to me, "I have just what you want;" that truly God had given her "the tongue of the learned," that she should "know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary." My thought was instantly lifted, and in a very short time my wish and determination to die was reversed, and I was desiring to live and love, and lift the thought of others as mine had been lifted. I was filled with wonder and amazement that I had been so blind to the truth, but there was joy and gratitude that the light had dawned at last. In Science and Health (p. 174) Mrs. Eddy says: "Truth is revealed. It needs only to be practised." I realize that as I put into practice every grain of Christian Science which I grasp, more and more of the understanding is gained,

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