Testimony of Healing January 1, 1921 Issue

I have been greatly benefited by reading the testimonies...

Mabel C. Edens with contributions from T. Benton Edens

I have been greatly benefited by reading the testimonies of healing in the Christian Science literature and I hope that mine may help others. Before taking up the study of Christian Science, I had searched for three years in a denominational church for the practical religion of Christ Jesus, the religion that would teach me to walk in the straight and narrow way. I had left the church, discouraged and disappointed, because I had not found that for which I was searching. One day my husband came home from work with a cold, which settled in one eye; his nose and the whole side of his head were badly swollen. His company doctor had treated him and then sent him to an eye specialist, but he received no relief from the intense pain he was suffering; he was unable to eat or sleep. I asked him if he would allow me to call a Christian Science practitioner who lived near. When I gained his consent the practitioner was called and with the first treatment all pain left and he was able to eat and sleep; in three days his eye and face were in normal condition and he returned to work.

I realized if this truth healed one disease it could heal all diseases. I went to my medicine chest and emptied the contents into the sewer, and neither I nor my family have taken any medicine since that time, nor has there been any in the home. Chronic constipation, headaches, biliousness, measles, extreme nervousness, influenza, and pneumonia have been healed through the application of the truth as taught in Christian Science. Glasses also have been dispensed with, after I had worn them most of the time for twenty years. After the birth of my daughter I lost the sight of one eye temporarily, and lived under the constant fear of going blind, but the application of Christian Science proves the truth of Jesus' saying, "If ye continue in my word ... ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

I am grateful to God, to Christ Jesus, and to our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, for this practical religion. I am also grateful to all who have so lovingly helped me. I am grateful for the Christian Science literature and for the lectures which always meet the need of the hour. I am grateful for class instruction and for the privilege of helping others.—(Mrs.)Mabel C. Edens, Los Angeles, California.

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