Testimony of Healing January 1, 1921 Issue

For all the good, and all the daily blessings which Christian Science...

May Merrill

For all the good, and all the daily blessings which Christian Science has brought and is bringing into my life, I feel that I can no longer withhold my testimony from the periodicals which Mrs. Eddy so lovingly organized and labored for, to meet the need of mankind.

About nine years ago I was healed, under Christian Science treatment, of gallstones and enlargement of the liver. I had suffered intensely from these ailments for over ten years, had tried every known medical remedy, and had been under numerous specialists, without obtaining any relief. I often used to pray for death, thinking it would be a welcome relief from all the tortures I was subject to. Christian Science has completely changed my whole life and outlook upon things. I used to wonder why God ever allowed us to be sick and suffer, and I could never really believe the Bible statement that God is Love; but Christian Science teaches us the truth about God and man, and that God, good, could not create evil, any more than light could create darkness.

I should like to mention an experience I had about a year after taking up the study of Christian Science. One morning I was busy laundering some blankets, when I suddenly missed my little boy, who was not quite two years old. I looked around for him and discovered that he had fallen headfirst into a large zinc tub full of hot soapsuds and ammonia, only his little shoes being visible. I lifted him out, sat down with him on my knee and declared aloud the following passage from the scientific statement of being, on page 468 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, "All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all." I could think of nothing else; every other thought seemed to have left me, and again and again I declared this truth. After a short time my little boy regained consciousness and opened his eyes; I then proceeded to take off his wet garments, gave him some warm milk, and he went off to sleep and slept for about two hours. He awoke quite refreshed and well, but on his legs were lumps the size of an egg, due to kicking against the tub, which indicated that he had been in the water for some time. These soon disappeared, and there was no other ill effect. I have mentioned this healing to encourage those who may have known of Christian Science for only a short time, to show that every statement of the truth does its work. It matters not how small we feel our understanding to be, if we use it, practice it, live it, we gain a little each day. Mrs. Eddy writes on page 449 of our textbook, "A grain of Christian Science does wonders for mortals, so omnipotent is Truth, but more of Christian Science must be gained in order to continue in well doing."

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