Testimony of Healing January 26, 1918 Issue

Often have I wanted to relate the benefits derived from...

Susan B. Grant

Often have I wanted to relate the benefits derived from the study of Christian Science, and tell of the peace and contentment that have come to me through its influence; but I have hesitated, as there has been no special physical healing in my case, although many minor troubles have disappeared. I once heard some one say that every healing in Christian Science is wonderful, that through it we have touched the hem of Christ's garment and consequently have drawn nearer God.

On looking back some eight or nine years, I realize that my whole life has been changed; it has truly been regenerated. After all, it is the little things that go to make up one's individual experience, and it is this day-by-day overcoming and fulfilling which mean so much to the student of Christian Science. It is putting off the old man and putting on the new for which he is patiently working. My outlook on life has become enlarged and enlightened; much fear, worry, and doubt have disappeared, and I know that with increased spiritual understanding I shall grow into a yet higher sense of life and usefulness.

Christian Science appealed to me from the first, although I had been very well satisfied with the religious faith of my childhood; the first chapter, on Prayer, in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" almost convinced me. I had never given the deeper questions of life much thought, but the first few pages of this book far surpassed anything I had ever read or heard about God, and it seemed to me that this was indeed the only way to worship and honor our heavenly Father. I therefore kept on reading, although there was much I did not understand, and at times I doubted whether one could live such a beautiful and trustful life. I remember being greatly disturbed shortly afterward; time-honored beliefs were slipping away, and I experienced a sense of helplessness. It seemed as if this book was turning things upside down; and so it was. The teachings of the past were being reversed, lifted from the material to the spiritual; my little world was being shaken, and the words of one of the prophets clearly came to me, "I will overturn, overturn, overturn, ... until he come whose right it is." After that there was no more doubt; I knew this was the truth, and began to look forward to the time when I too could call myself a Christian Scientist, little realizing then all that the name includes. There have been trials as well as rejoicings along the way, but there has remained one comforting thought, that I was growing nearer God, and at least trying to follow in the way of Christ Jesus.

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