Testimony of Healing October 26, 1918 Issue

It is eleven years since I began to study Christian Science...

Iva Marie Lemieu

It is eleven years since I began to study Christian Science and through the teachings of this wonderful truth learned the import of our Leader's words, "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings" (Science and Health, Pref., p. vii). It was a needed lesson, because from infancy I had been ill and almost continually under medical treatment for two chronic diseases, and usually also for the prevailing malady. For years I had suffered at least twice a week with facial neuralgia, and through the constant use of strong drugs to alleviate the pain, imperfect heart action was added to the other complications. Thus good health was unknown. Although healing was sought through climate, baths, and electrical treatments, as well as in the usual way, my condition grew worse each year, and my religious convictions which I then tried to make a potent factor in my daily life, did not aid me in finding either hope or happiness.

From the first day I read "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," I began to waken from this miserable sense of existence. I thought I needed the physical healing most, and embarked upon the unscientific course of trying to lead God, instead of letting Him lead me. Even with this imperfect motive, the effort put forth in the study of the Bible and the Christian Science literature was effective. though the outlined result did not appear. I learned to pray as Solomon did when he asked for an "understanding heart," and the fulfillment of this prayer has continued to unfold. The unreality of such obnoxious thoughts as self-love, self-will, and self-pity became clear to me, and I learned to worship Spirit, not matter, to love instead of hate. The permanent physical healing which resulted from two years of faithful study and application of this wonderful teaching, impels me to say with David, "Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised." My desire to share the same good with others, coupled with a persistent effort to know God and to live in accordance with His precepts, as Jesus taught them, brings me joy and gratitude unbounded.

The many activities of the Christian Science church and the loving friends found therein have aided me in my endeavor to have the Mind of Christ. To Mrs. Eddy, who has made possible these and other blessings because of her purity of thought and selflessness of purpose, I am daily striving to express my gratitude by being obedient to the demands of Life, Truth, and Love.

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