Testimony of Healing July 31, 1920 Issue

It is with deepest gratitude that I send this testimony...

Lola Jean Simpson

It is with deepest gratitude that I send this testimony to the Christian Science Sentinel. Christian Science was brought to my attention several years ago. It was not long after I had graduated from college and at a time when I was very unhappy and nervously worn out. One Wednesday night I went to church with a friend whom I was visiting. During the quiet service, healing came to me. The old beliefs of loneliness, restlessness, and nervous fear fell away like an outworn garment, and I went forth from that church a new being. At that time I lived in a small town in which no one whom I knew was interested in Christian Science. Buying Science and Health and subscribing for the Sentinel and the Journal, I went back to my home for study and application, which I knew back necessary if I wished to progress in this marvelous Science. During the years which followed I had many demonstrations of the healing power of Principle, which gave me joy unspeakable and proved for me again and again the truth of our Leader's discovery. The conditions in the high school in which I taught were improved; my work there became a greater pleasure than ever before; and my home relations were bettered. Debts of long standing were taken care of. Physical ailments were healed quickly for myself and others, and gradually a group of individuals began to read the Lesson-Sermons together, until a Christian Science Society with its various activities was formed.

In the course of unfoldment greater blessings followed: class instruction, participation in the joyous support of the Christian Science periodicals, and a closer acquaintance with The Christian Science Monitor, our great international daily newspaper. I had also the privilege of a visit to Boston, the scene of Mrs. Eddy's activities. My cup seemed to run over. Then there came a change. My work became heavy. Responsibilities weighed. Suddenly in a time of seemingly great stress I found myself on the verge of what the world calls a nervous breakdown. Thereafter for a year and a half the darkness of night closed me in a hideous prison house. The problem seemed to grow more and more serious until health and reason hung in a precarious balance. Through the kindness of friends and family and the patience of practitioners, the unchanging love of Principle was manifested. Yet so strongly did mental suggestion argue to me and such was my acceptance of the lie, that I believed I was lost, that I had never known Christian Science, that though it was the only truth, I had failed to grasp its fundamental meaning. And now comes the most wonderful part of this new-old story. For, in spite of the mental hell in which I seemed to be pilloried, the healing was going on all the while. Gradually the sleeplessness departed, gradually the cloud lifted, and the ability to think was seen to be unimpaired. Then I learned what I had seen but dimly before,—that human responsibility had tried to usurp divine prerogative, that instead of letting God's kingdom unfold to me in its due season, I had sought to force the kingdom of heaven. Human pride and human intellect were lowered before such a glimpse of the allness and oneness of Mind as

I had never before had. For the first time I admitted to myself that I was glad of the experience. Since that time my days have been a succession of joyful demonstrations. The ties which apparently had to be broken have been resumed in a larger, happier way. I have indeed proved that not one thing is ever lost, for God is manifesting unto me every good and perfect gift. He has led me out of the valley of the shadow of death. restored me to health, happiness, and prosperity. In this larger sense of freedom I rejoice all day.

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