Testimony of Healing July 23, 1921 Issue

In gratitude for the many blessings which I have received...

Emma Belk

In gratitude for the many blessings which I have received through the study of Christian Science I send this testimony with the hope that it may help others. Before finding Christian Science I was most unhappy and very much in need of physical healing. I gave up all medicine and applied to a practitioner for treatment. While the physical healing has meant much to me I am more grateful for a better understanding of God, and of man's relation to Him.

One night my little son called me and when I went to his bedside I discovered that he had a very high fever, and he very soon became unconscious. I declared the truth for him, but he seemed to grow worse. The thought came to me that if he was not better by morning I would send a message to a practitioner for help. The nearest one I knew of was four hundred and fifty miles away. I just kept on declaring the truth for him and pondering such thoughts from the Scriptures as: "God is no respecter of persons," "God is love," "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear," and, "God is light, and in him is no darkness at all." I could see nothing to doubt or fear, for God is All-in-all. And in a very short time child went to sleep peacefully and by morning was entirely free.

The words of the psalmist: "There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh they dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways," proved to be our protection when the house we had rented burned. It happened at night and I was alone with my very small children, but everybody was beautifully protected, the loss was very small, and there was a vacant house just across the street that we were able to move into. I am grateful to Mrs. Eddy and to the practitioners who have lovingly helped me.

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