Testimony of Healing May 25, 1918 Issue

I have often been impressed with the marvelous results...

Nettie Atchinson Jones

I have often been impressed with the marvelous results which come from the application to human problems of even a slight knowledge of Christian Science. In June, 1905, it was my privilege to witness a case of instantaneous healing. I was very much surprised; for I had known little of Christian Science, and had supposed that only nervous or imaginary diseases could be healed by it. My first thought was that there must be something good in this religion to produce such results, and instantly there came to me the Bible verse, "By their fruits ye shall know them."

I was filled with desire to know how this healing had been accomplished, so began to question my neighbor, whose healing I had seen. She answered all my questions, and offered to read to me from Science and Health—for at that time I was unable to read, on account of serious trouble with my eyes, from which I had suffered for over twenty-five years. I drank in this wonderful truth about God and His perfect creation as a thirsty plant absorbs water. It satisfied me completely, as the problem of evil, and the thought that God permitted it, had troubled me for many years.

I had no thought that my eyes would be benefited by the study of Christian Science, because I had tried for so many years, without avail, to obtain help for them. Good oculists had treated me for long periods, and I had undergone two operations, only to be told at last that there was no help for me; that all I could do was to take care of my general health and protect my eyes in every possible way. About a week after I began to inquire into Christian Science, I was obliged to take a little boat trip. I went unwillingly, because the reflected light on the water caused such pain, but it seemed my duty to go; so, with my eyes closed behind colored glasses, and even then suffering intensely, I was trying to make the best of the situation. All at once the thought came to apply what I had learned about Christian Science; and there on the boat, I began to think the matter over. I thought about God and His perfect creation, and as I continued to think along this line, I was filled with a great sense of shame as I remembered how often I had said that my eyes would not bear the light. I began to realize that the eye which was made for the light could bear the light, because all that God has made is perfect and eternal.

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