Testimony of Healing April 2, 1921 Issue

On page 254 of Science and Health our Leader says...

Bettie M. Parsons

On page 254 of Science and Health our Leader says, "When we wait patiently on God and seek Truth righteously, He directs our path." This has been my experience since the day I inquired at a bookstore for a copy of Science and Health and was directed to a Christian Science reading room. This was in March, and the following November I had conclusive proof of the healing efficacy of the truth. Awakening one morning with a sore throat and the grip, but, thinking only of the seeming incongruity of a trained nurse telephoning for absent treatment, I resolved to defer the request until the household had retired for the night, in the meantime clinging steadfastly to the "scientific statement of being" (Science and Health, p. 468), the Lord's Prayer and its spiritual interpretation, and the twenty-third and ninety-first psalms. Early in the evening, after reading an article in a copy of the Sentinel I fell asleep, awakening a few moments later not only healed but with a sense of peace and joy I had never known before.

The same discord has since been manifested, but only to disappear into its native nothingness, as have resentment and other discordant conditions, as well as the desire for tea and coffee. Although studying Christian Science constantly I seemed to pass through a veritable "slough of despond" covering a period of many months. A visit to a practitioner, however, always enabled me to substitute "the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness." Many fears have been overcome, and I have learned how to rejoice. My desire is to be "not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work," likened by our Master to "a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock." Christian Science teaches one how to "dig deep" and eradicate hate, malice, revenge, and every evil thought. "Casting down imaginations," as Paul says, "and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ." "Good thoughts," Mrs. Eddy reminds us on page 210 of "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany," "are an impervious armor; clad therewith you are completely shielded from the attacks of error of every sort. And not only yourselves are safe, but all whom your thoughts rest upon are thereby benefited."

Our periodicals have been of inestimable value to me. They are indeed joyfully anticipated and welcome guests. I humbly thank God for every activity of the Christian Science movement.

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