Testimony of Healing August 19, 1922 Issue

Through reading "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures"...

Beatrice E. Snell

Through reading "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy in connection with the Bible, and attending Christian Science church services, I was healed of an internal trouble, from which I had suffered for ten years, and for which I had undergone an operation without favorable results. When I left the hospital I was told that I was a perfectly well woman, and indeed I expected to be; but after returning home I was unable to walk or go out any distance, experiencing the same aches and pains which I had before. I was very much discouraged, not knowing where to look for help. My mother urged me to read Science and Health. I read it through twice, and found there was help for me. The statement which first attracted my attention and thought is to be found in Science and Health (p. 494), "Divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need." This great truth gave me courage; and with those thoughts to help me I began to know that I was sustained by God, and that I could move around and work without harm to myself. I did not know any one who was a Scientist; and so I thought things out alone with God. Through the summer and the following winter I studied, and in the spring began to attend church; and from that time I gained rapidly. I do not know just when I was healed; but I do know that gradually my thoughts were changed from a sense of sickness to health.

It is three years since I became interested in Christian Science, and during that time we as a family have experienced many blessings. A bad case of bronchial cough was destroyed in one treatment, and never returned. While in bathing, I fell among the rocks and driftwood, injuring my foot. It was badly swollen and discolored, and very painful. With the help of Christian Science, all ill effects were overcome in less than twelve hours, and the foot was normal again. Ulcerated teeth and a severe case of rheumatism have also yielded to this great truth, which was revealed by our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy.

For all these blessings I am very grateful, and especially for the spiritual understanding, which must in some degree accompany these demonstrations.

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