Testimony of Healing January 15, 1921 Issue

I had suffered for four years from broken arches and...

Violet Hart Hall

I had suffered for four years from broken arches and had resorted to corrective shoes and arch supports, but to no avail. I tried Christian Science but did not seem to get relief. Every night found me suffering and discouraged with the fact that many duties must be left undone because I could neither stand nor walk for any length of time without pain. One Wednesday night, more tired than usual, I sat down in a sheltered corner in a back seat at church and thought, "Here is peace, here in this beautiful room and in this comfortable seat." But I cried, "Peace, peace; when there is no peace," and immediately the challenge to the materiality of my thought came in the announcement of the opening hymn. Quickly the suggestion came, "I cannot stand on these aching feet." But, ashamed, I immediately arose. The first and only words of the hymn that I heard were these, "Held in Thy law, I stand" (Hymnal, No. 176). The healing came instantly, as I realized that my ability to stand did not depend upon bones, ligaments, or muscles, for as a child of God I was upheld, supported by His law, which is always operative. I rejoice in being able to perform my duties in comfort, and to resume the former pleasure of walking, but the abiding joy deep in my consciousness is that Truth does make free from every argument of error which may present itself.

Another lesser healing, if there be degrees in the matter of healings, came in the freedom from any temptation to talk during the collection of offerings. The music seems so beautifully expressive of the spiritual meaning of the offering, which at present finds expression in money, and provides the proper atmosphere for a silent prayer of gratitude for the Lesson-Sermon, that any word to another even of appreciation seems not only unnecessary but almost profane. For me there is a new import in Mrs. Eddy's words in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 234), "Whatever inspires with wisdom, Truth, or Love—be it song, sermon, or Science—blesses the human family with crumbs of comfort from Christ's table, feeding the hungry and giving living waters to the thirsty."

(Mrs.) Violet Hart Hall, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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