Testimony of Healing November 23, 1918 Issue

For several years before I heard of Christian Science I...

Edith Mary Berry

For several years before I heard of Christian Science I longed to know the truth about God and man. I tried to understand the Bible but could not do so. I had ceased to pray, because I could not understand God, but the unuttered desire was daily with me, Teach me how to pray. In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 1) Mrs. Eddy says that "desire is prayer," so with great joy I realized that my prayer was answered when Christian Science was brought to my notice. I have never doubted for a moment that it reveals the truth about God and man. I read the textbook at every opportunity, and then I found I could read the Bible and get some meaning out of it. Now with increasing joy I study these books daily; they are my dearest companions. I began to love God because I began to understand Him, and this led to the inevitable result of at least striving to love my "neighbour."

Christian Science appealed to me as a religion, but after a few weeks of studying the textbook the healing truth dawned on my consciousness. At that moment I was wearing glasses, which I had worn for over two years when reading and sewing. All my life I had suffered from inflamed eyes, which caused me much pain and inconvenience, but the thought came to me like a flash, If Christian Science heals, I do not need glasses. I took them off and have never required them since. The healing was complete and permanent. It is now almost ten years since it took place, and I have used my eyes vastly more than ever before.

Rheumatism has also been overcome. On one occasion the attack was so acute that both my arms became twisted and I could not get the proper use of them from the shoulders. I was by myself in Dundee, where there were no active Christian Scientists, so telephoned to Edinburgh and asked for absent treatment. I was greatly relieved of pain but the healing was slow. After a few days I got the proper use of my left arm, but for two years suffered much pain and inconvenience with the right one. During these years I experienced great mental agony, and was confronted with a problem which called for much purification of thought—this was the necessary healing; hence one day I realized I could move my arm quite freely. I have no idea when the physical healing took place, but the mental struggle has since proved my greatest blessing. On page 574 of Science and Health Mrs. Eddy writes, "The very circumstance, which your suffering sense deems wrathful and afflictive, Love can make an angel entertained unawares;" and on page 66, "Trials are proofs of God's care." I cannot thank God enough for this great proof to me.

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