Testimony of Healing February 5, 1921 Issue

Words can only express a minute part of the gratitude...

Marie Ross

Words can only express a minute part of the gratitude I owe for what Christian Science has done and is doing for me. For about four years after I began the study of Christian Science, my home did not seem at all desirable to me. I tried to work out this problem, expecting all the time to be delivered from my surroundings, as I believed that this was not my right place. Still the way did not open. When I was discussing this with a friend one day she turned my attention to Mrs. Eddy's words: "Pilgrim on earth, thy home is heaven; stranger, thou art the guest of God" (Science and Health, p. 254), and said that I was in my right place in Truth, and if it seemed otherwise it was just my concept of home that needed purifying.

After this I set to work and endeavored to know that as a child of God it was impossible for me to be anywhere but in heaven as defined by Mrs. Eddy: "Harmony; the reign of Spirit; government by divine Principle; spirituality; bliss; the atmosphere of Soul" (Science and Health, p. 587). Then I saw that the demonstration had to be made in God's way. The change did not take place immediately, but gradually my whole outlook was changed. My home has become more harmonious in every way and I have no desire at all to leave it; in fact I am just loving it more each day.

Since quite a child I suffered from a weakness of the spine, accompanied by great pain at times, and I was told by a medical practitioner that if this continued to trouble me it would probably result in years of confinement to my bed. Upon his advice I underwent a long course of medical treatment, but received no relief whatever. Since coming into Christian Science the pain has entirely left me. Last summer whilst spending my holidays with a friend I was taken suddenly ill and became delirious. My friend, who had not been in Science very long, has since told me that she read Science and Health to me for some time without the slightest effect. She became rather fearful, and then remembered that I had often expressed my appreciation of the twenty-third psalm as interpreted by Mrs. Eddy on page 578 of Science and Health, and she began to repeat it aloud. When she repeated, "[Love] maketh me to lie down in green pastures: [Love] leadeth me beside the still waters," these words remained in my thought and something of the truth of their meaning as taught in Christian Science flashed through my consciousness and I became quite calm; then I must have fallen asleep. A few hours later I awoke perfectly well. I have proved many, many times that the truth as taught in Christian Science is the only Comforter.

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