Testimony of Healing August 28, 1915 Issue

For a long time I have contemplated giving to the world,...

Hazel Bussert Grund with contributions from H. P. Grund

For a long time I have contemplated giving to the world, through the columns of the Sentinel, an expression of my joy and gratitude for the new life which Christian Science has brought to me. An incident occurred in January, 1914, when the allness of God was so definitely proven to me that I wonder more and more that every one who witnessed the affair could not see the divine power at work.

With my little daughter, two and a half years of age, I was visiting a sister, also a Scientist, who lived on an orange ranch close into the shadow of the southern California mountains. I remember so vividly that we read together that morning a testimony written by a survivor of the Titanic wreck, and my sister said to me, "We have proven God's allness many times. I wonder what we would do if we were to face such a seeming danger!" I replied that it was the same God, who is always present no matter what the seeming, and we would surely remember that.

Later on, with the children, who were all very young, we went for a long walk through the groves. Several times we were obliged to cross a stream about ten feet wide, over little bridges, and sometimes just a plank. Although the stream was narrow, it came down the mountain with great force, and was in some places really deep, while the bed was very rocky and there were occasional falls. My little girl, being entirely fearless and of an independent nature, crossed several times alone, and I expressed fear that she might fall in. Later on I received the well deserved rebuke for my lack of trust.

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