Testimony of Healing November 5, 1921 Issue

On glancing over the morning paper my eyes fell upon...

Clyde Martin

On glancing over the morning paper my eyes fell upon these words: "Life is a great thing—a broad, deep, fine, noble thing—and the happiness one gets from it all depends upon the one who lives it." Then the question came to me: How much happiness would I be getting from it had I not learned the truth about God and man's relation to Him as taught in Christian Science. And, as I sat thinking of the countless blessings that have come to me in the years that I have been a student of Christian Science, I realized I had not given in proportion to what I have received.

I did not come into Christian Science for physical healing. A friend, who had been in bed several weeks with nervous prostration, asked me to call a Christian Science practitioner for her, as every material remedy had failed. Neither of us knew anything of its teachings. I selected a practitioner from the telephone directory and called him up. When he asked me to bring her to his office we thought it impossible. He assured me she had unlimited strength, and his words proved true, for we went to his office through a heavy rainfall, and she was healed. While she was having treatment I read articles from The Christian Science Journal. I shall never forget the restful atmosphere of that room. I was interested. The following day I purchased a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy and began studying the daily Lesson-Sermon, and attended the church services. When I entered that church and saw the happy, intelligent faces there I knew these people had what I wanted—peace of mind.

At that time I thought myself the most unhappy woman in the world, and for this reason I took up the study of Christian Science. Within a month I was healed of the need for wearing glasses, having worn them for eight years. Since that time I have been healed of peritonitis, influenza, and various minor ills. My interest has been spasmodic and my progress slow. Discouragement has repeatedly crept into my thought and hindered my demonstrations, but I am learning that when seeming discordant conditions arise I need only do my best, apply what I know of the truth, and the condition is readily met.

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