Testimony of Healing May 15, 1920 Issue

Words cannot express the great joy that has come into...

Katharine Murray

Words cannot express the great joy that has come into my life since studying Christian Science and gaining a larger understanding of God. After suffering daily for more than twenty-five years and being placed upon the invalid list by all who knew me, and traveling hither and yon in search of the proper climate, I found myself in the home of a Christian Scientist in southern California. At first I had great fear and doubt, then a great curiosity to know about Christian Science. Seeing the great love and harmony toward all in this home, I ventured to attend the Wednesday evening meetings. I heard testimonies from all parts of the world—that made me think. I also found I did not understand the reading from the platform. It seemed like a new language—one I was not familiar with. I had never studied the Bible, and the reading from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy confirmed my opinion that it was a new language.

Being impressed by the testimonies, I decided in some way to investigate Christian Science. The statements made at the testimony meetings seemed all so vague and strange to me—so I thought it best to take one statement at a time and study it out at the reading room. I first took the statement used so many times at the Wednesday evening meetings, "I declared the truth," and I studied and read much about "truth," then on to other statements such as "realizing God was All-in-all"—and so on until at the end of three months I was completely healed, just by studying the statements that at first seemed to have no meaning. I came home to my husband a perfectly well woman, and the joy that came into our home is beyond words. This was ten years ago and I have been better, stronger, and happier than ever before.

The healing to me is very insignificant compared with the spiritual uplift and the finding out there is a God—a God who is our all, who cares for us at all times, and if we only trust Him we need have no fear. I have had many, many proofs of His loving care and guidance and when the road seemed dark and dreary and I turned to God for help He never failed me.

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