Testimony of Healing July 25, 1925 Issue

Many years ago Christian Science came into my life in...

Anna Merritt East

Many years ago Christian Science came into my life in answer to prayer for guidance. Its coming meant liberation from limitation in health, supply, and opportunity. As I glance back over the footsteps of this journey from sense to Soul, I see diseases that have vanished into their native nothingness, opportunities for study and travel that have opened, bettered living conditions, happier working days, and a host of friends encircling the globe whom it has been a joy to know. And all these have come to me through the power of Truth operating in my human experience.

During these years the opportunities to prove God's power over illness and accident have been many. But out of the proofs there has come the realization that it is the unfolding of God's plan for each individual that counts. "He has mercy upon us, and guides every event of our careers," is our beloved Leader's statement on pages 3 and 4 of "Unity of Good." So have I learned that it is not the success or failure of human plans, but obedience to God's plan of activity for each and all, that brings a joy which is lasting. It is only when human will gets in the way with its methods that we fail to act in accord with God's guidance, and so miss the joy that comes from obedience to His will. I am very grateful for guidance in making decisions and for direction even in what seem to be but minor details of daily action.

Six months ago I was driving with a friend in a small closed car up a steep grade on the side of a hill overlooking the city. The paving was narrow and a stone wall rose abruptly on the left side, while to the right a car track occupied the place where a sidewalk should have been. Three feet beyond the rails was a twenty-foot drop into the gully below, without even a protecting fence. A small boy with a bicycle was ascending the grade just ahead and became confused on seeing both an automobile and a street car behind. Three quick turns were necessary to avoid the boy and an approaching automobile, and to turn with the bend of the road. The first turn was made, but was offset by the boy's getting right in front of the car; the second, avoiding a collision, followed, and the machine was brought almost to a standstill on the edge of the cliff. "God the Preserver of Man" had been the subject of the Lesson-Sermon studied that morning, and its truths were in instant operation with a realization of man's indestructibility. As the car poised for an instant before turning over sideways my friend exclaimed, "We're going over." But God's directing care was there as I consciously reached over and turned the key which shuts off the engine. God does govern, was constantly in my thought as we turned over and over, and halfway over again, before reaching the ground, which we seemed to touch almost gently. One end of the machine struck a rock, the other a clump of bushes, and the entire top of the car had to crush in before we touched the earth, so breaking the shock of the impact for us. Men who rushed to our rescue opened the one unbroken window, and we crawled out to find the small boy above watching us, unharmed but for a few scartches, although the car had run over him. Even his bicycle was uninjured. My friend went on to her class, and although we were all somewhat bruised for a few days, we were so grateful for the protection granted us that the inconvenience suffered seemed very slight. Even the car was completely renewed by the insurance company.

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