Testimony of Healing November 6, 1915 Issue

In the fall of 1903, after being ill five years and undergoing...

S. Elizabeth Parker

In the fall of 1903, after being ill five years and undergoing two serious operations, I was healed through Christian Science of chronic stomach disorder and abnormal growths. My healing was instantaneous, but I had no knowledge of Christian Science previous to this time and could not seem to become interested in it, so being a regular attendant and member of another church, I finally gave it up. Five years later I accepted a position to sing in a Christian Science church and became very much interested in the services. Even then I did not give much time to study, but my little daughter and I called a practitioner when we needed help, and this was often, although there has never been a return of the growths or the stomach trouble.

In January, 1913, I was taken with what seemed to be nervous breakdown, as my work had been very heavy and I had not had time for the study of Christian Science. I tried one physician after another, growing worse all the time, and finally decided to try Christian Science again, after a physician said I could not be relieved of pain in the back of my head for three months. A practitioner was called and the pain left in two days, while in ten days I accepted a position. I have learned what it means to "continue" in God's word, and know that as I live in obedience to the spiritual law of harmony, as I am grateful for what I have and work at my problems with "patient continuance," I shall receive the bread of Truth, "which cometh down from heaven;" that as I "put off the old man with his deeds," I shall be clothed in the spirit of Truth and Love, for, as our Leader has said, "obedience crowns persistent effort with everlasting victory" (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 118).

I never before enjoyed such good health as I have in the past two years and a half, and I am more thankful than words can express for it and for the happiness which the study of Christian Science brings to my little daughter and myself.

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