Testimony of Healing December 8, 1917 Issue

In the summer of 1916 Christian Science healed me of a...

T. Marie Grieben

In the summer of 1916 Christian Science healed me of a painful intestinal disorder, seemingly caused by the extreme heat. As I had been able to overcome colds through my own understanding soon after coming to Christian Science, over four years ago, I thought I could work this out also; but as the trouble did not seem to yield and I lost rapidly in weight and could not sleep or eat, I asked a practitioner for help. The conditions, however, became aggravated, and the effort to hide the suffering as much as possible on account of opposition to Christian Science made it almost unbearable. Only by constantly declaring the truth could I perform my household duties. Though I knew that evil was not power, and could therefore, as a result of right thinking, vanish at any time, I could not help thinking of a friend who had the same trouble as that from which I was suffering and had to go through an operation. I can hardly believe it to-day, but when the pain became so severe, I wanted to have an operation or to pass on. I knew all this was wrong thinking, but I was physically so weak I did not care.

After three weeks of absent treatment I asked the practitioner to come to me, because I could not stand the pain any longer. This loving child of God, who I knew had worked for me most faithfully, came, though she was very busy with other patients, and stayed with me all the afternoon. Calmly she listened to the error I was talking and finally asked if I could hold on a little longer. This was not the answer I wanted to hear, but her firm trust and confidence in God began to awaken me from this awful dream. Before she left she said, "You certainly have had your forty days of wilderness." Though the conditions did not seem to change, I was again able to follow our Leader's admonition, "Look away from the body into Truth and Love, the Principle of all happiness, harmony, and immortality" (Science and Health, p. 261). On the second day the healing came, and with it the peace which the world cannot give. This was another proof of the ever presence of Love. My heart was filled with joy and gratitude, and the fervent desire to do some good to others, the only way we can express our gratitude to Him "who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases."

When I began the study of Christian Science there were symptoms of heart trouble, but I was so interested in the new study that I forgot all about this, and after a few months, when I thought of the trouble, it was gone. Sensitiveness was slower to yield. I thought this was more of a refined fault, but Science soon taught me that it was mere selfishness, and so I tried hard to get rid of it. The most stubborn false belief was homesickness; but I am also free from this bondage. I learned to love this country, and to find my real and eternal home "in the secret place of the most High."

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