Testimony of Healing November 21, 1925 Issue

I desire to express my deep love and gratitude to God...

Ada Urion with contributions from Alice Jones

I desire to express my deep love and gratitude to God and to Mrs. Eddy for all the blessings and benefits I have received since I came into Christian Science about eight years ago. I had been very delicate all my life and had suffered from many troubles which did not yield to medical treatment. I had treatment from three specialists and eleven doctors. All gave me every attention and kindness, and did everything that could be done according to their understanding, and I am still very grateful to them; but when I understood that God alone is the great Healer, the only Physician, I naturally placed absolute trust in Him. I was healed very quickly of a lifelong disease of the stomach when reading for the first time "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy; and the healing of violent sick headaches, from which I had suffered for many years, quickly followed. The symptoms of pneumonia and influenza, also many minor pains, have yielded when I have held steadfastly to the instruction (ibid., p. 495): "When the illusion of sickness or sin tempts you, cling steadfastly to God and His idea. Allow nothing but His likeness to abide in your thought."

I also had beautiful demonstrations of God's loving presence and power when on one occasion I dropped a kettleful of boiling water on my foot, and again when some boiling toffee bubbled up and flew on to my hands and those of my maid. We both simply held in thought the one word "God," with the realization of His presence and power to heal. The result was that when we took off the bits of toffee there was no trace of a burn left, and we had no further trouble in any way.

Because of defects in character my healing has been slow, and I have many times wandered in the wilderness of mortal despair; but I now look upon these experiences with great joy, because each one has brought a purification of thought, and I have always emerged with a higher understanding of Truth and a deeper appreciation of God's unfailing love and help. I am most grateful for the channels of good which our Leader has provided for our use. I love them all, and derive great benefit from the articles and testimonies which are given in The Christian Science Journal and the Christian Science Sentinel. I look upon them as rays of light and messages from God's other children, and I send my testimony with the sincere desire that it, too, may carry a ray of light and a message of love to some one. I should also like to express my loving gratitude to the kind friend who first told me of Christian Science. She indeed pointed me to the understanding of God's great love which we gain through the study of the Bible and Science and Health, and which undoubtedly brings about that peace "which passeth all understanding" as we whole-heartedly turn to them for guidance.

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