Testimony of Healing February 19, 1921 Issue

The relation between sin and sicknes emphasized in...

Sarah Alice Leachman

The relation between sin and sicknes emphasized in the Bible and in "Science and Health Key to the Scriptures," as well as in Mrs. Eddy's other writings, I think was never made plainer to me in my own experience than it was a few years ago in destroying a cold for myself which seemed to be settling upon my lungs.

I was going out to meet some friends. The day was cold, with snow on the ground, and the air seemingly full of frost. According to the mode of the time I wore my coat open at the neck as usual, enjoying the air against my throat. After meeting with these friends with whom I had an appointment, some other people joined us against whom I held some ill will, and I thought justly. Upon meeting with them I was conscious of a sense of resentment, which I failed wholly to conceal, with the result that I felt confused and much humiliated. Later on, when returning home, I notices that the cold air struck me sharply; I shrank from it and involuntarily protected my throat. Upon reaching home a severe cold was manifested and was settling on my lungs. As I had had experiences of this kind before taking up the study of Christian Science, the symptoms were all familiar and I knew what awaiting me unless I met it through my understanding of Christian Science. I went to work earnestly to examine my thoughts. In reviewing the experiences of the afternoon I saw how I had allowed a sense of hatred to take possession of me. And as I quietly worked, with truth and love replacing the suggestions of error as they came to me, I was healed. How grateful we should be for Christian Science, for it goes to the bottom of all our troubles and proves to us that we do have to pay for our wrong thinking, not only mentally, but physically.

(Miss) Sarah Alice Leachman, Wichita, Kansas.

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