Testimony of Healing April 23, 1921 Issue

As evidence of my gratitude for the help received from...

Ethel S. Shaw

As evidence of my gratitude for the help received from the testimonies of those who have received healings and blessing through the study of Christian Science, I wish to add mine. I took up the study of Christian Science at a time when I was very much in need of physical healing. I had entertained fear of disease until it began to be manifested in various physical ills, and was followed by the fear of death, either for myself or for some of my family. We had consulted a number of the best physicians on the Pacific coast and they had said there were numerous things wrong with me which would never be healed until I was operated upon. I was afraid of an operation, but went so far as to have my roommate order a cab to take me to the hospital to be operated upon for what was pronounced to be a chronic attack of appendicities. As it was the day before Thanksgiving, however, I decided to wait awhile, and for the next month I was very miserable.

During this time some of my friends asked me just to try Christian Science, saying that if I did not receive the healing, it would not do me any harm. As a last resort, I asked for help, and was told to read the twelfth verse of the fourth chapter of Hebrews: "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart," and also "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy. Not having a copy of Science and Health, I sat down to read the Bible, but was in such pain that I put the Bible aside and went to the telephone and called the physician whom I had employed, and was told that he was out of the city for ten days or two weeks. There was nothing for me to do but to follow the practitioner's instructions. In a short time a dear friend came in with a copy of Science and Health, and asked me to go with her to the Wednesday evening meeting that evening which I did.

I improved steadily and was very soon healed. I put aside glasses which the oculist had told me I could never see without, especially for sewing and reading, and many other inharmonious conditions were overcome. I was not willing to stop there, as I knew there was something to understand, and I knew I did not understand this something. I continued to read and study the Lesson-Sermons and tried to gain some understanding of Christian Science. Feeling that I was not doing so, I was almost ready to give up the search when I met one who proved to be the "good Samaritan" to me. I have now had class instruction and am learning to know more certainly that Christian Science teaches mankind to know God, the divine Principle of all being. Christ Jesus, the Way-shower, said: "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." After many seemingly hard experiences and through much study and prayerful, conscientious effort, a glimpse of this truth has been gained.

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