Testimony of Healing February 13, 1915 Issue

Mrs. Eddy says, "Giving does not impoverish us in the...

B. Myers Morris

Mrs. Eddy says, "Giving does not impoverish us in the service of our Maker, neither does withholding enrich us" (Science and Health, p. 79); and it is with the hope of sharing the good that has come to me that I write this testimony.

As a child I was considered delicate, and from the age of five had fainting spells, which were supposed to be inherited. While at boarding-school I had St. Vitus' dance, and as my father was a druggist, naturally many material means were tried. At times I seemed benefited, but the trouble returned, and there was the constant fear of its recurrence. After I married, my whole thought was of my sickness,—and how wretched I felt! I was trying many remedies, but with no permanent results.

My mother, who was an invalid, was seeking relief at a health resort, but her search was fruitless. On her way home she visited a cousin, who she found had been healed of tuberculosis through Christian Science. This so impressed her that she, too, immediately took up the study of Science and Health and was healed by reading the book. These manifestations awakened my thought, and I began to study Science and Health. I was perfectly satisfied with this study without reading the Bible, for in former years I had read the Scriptures from a sense of duty, though with little understanding or pleasure. Presently my attention was called to the fact that I was not reading the Bible or giving daily study to the Lesson-Sermon. I was told that Science and Health was a "Key" to the Scriptures. "If some one gave you a key to a house filled with treasures, would you hold the key? No, you would use the key and go in and possess the treasure. The Bible is filled with treasures which Science and Health unlocks." Then I took an interest in the Bible, and saw how Christian Science teaches as Jesus taught, for we read: "Jesus beheld in Science the perfect man, who appeared to him where sinning mortal man appears to mortals. In this perfect man the Saviour saw God's own likeness, and this correct view of man healed the sick" (Science and Health, p. 476).

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