Testimony of Healing February 12, 1921 Issue

To-day when reading the testimonies in the Sentinel, I...

Anna Phillips Jones

To-day when reading the testimonies in the Sentinel, I felt it time for me to express my gratitude for Christian Science,—for what it has done and is doing for me. I did not at first want Christian Science for fear of displeasing God, for I thought it was anti-Christ, until a friend, knowing my need of the truth, said, "You have studied and know your Bible; will you look into Science and Health if I bring it to you?" I consented, and as I turned away from the telephone I realized that the Scripture says, "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." As I read the chapters on "Prayer" and "Atonement and Eucharist" I said, This is what I have alway believed, only I could not prove it, and here is a teaching that shows how to prove God's promises by doing the works that Christ Jesus did.

I was very busily employed during the week, and on Sunday I went to a denominational Sunday school and then to church. In the afternoon I wanted to relax and rest, but could not on account of the pain in my head. I also suffered from biliousness, and had taken so much medicine that I was at a loss to know what to do next. When, through Christian Science, I perceived that God made man in His image and after His likeness and gave man dominion, and that "God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good," I saw that nothing had power to make me sick, and as this truth was revealed to me I was instantaneously healed. Distressed stomach and aching head had vanished. I had no more use for medicine, so I gathered it all together and disposed of it, without reservation, and for over seven years I have resorted to divine Love alone for my healing.

On page 226 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" Mrs. Eddy writes, "I saw before me the sick, wearing out years of servitude to an unreal master in the belief that the body governed them, rather than Mind." I had started on my journey from Egypt to the promised land, from matter to Spirit, and I have had many healings on the way, among which were the overcoming of bowel trouble, frostbite, and fear. Resentment is dissolving in the light of Truth. Christ Jesus is the Way-shower, and Mrs. Eddy walked in the way he pointed out, and has proved to the world that it is the only way to harmony. I am so grateful for this truth that lights my path, and grateful that Christian Science has been revealed in our day and in a language we can understand. My desire is that I may express more and more of God as Love.

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