Testimony of Healing January 30, 1926 Issue

When I first became interested in Christian Science it...

Maud Arnold

When I first became interested in Christian Science it seemed to be through curiosity. I am glad to say the curiosity has never been satisfied, but has given place to a constant desire to understand more of God. Back of it all was the fact that I had never been satisfied with the teachings that I had received in an orthodox church; in fact, the Bible was a closed book to me. It was through hungering after righteousness that I was finally divinely led to take up the study of Christian Science. It took considerable time for my thought even to begin to become spiritualized.

I have been healed of timidity, which had been nurtured under the guidance of so-called practical parents, who believed that it implied culture! This timidity brought limitation. When analyzed according to the rules of Christian Science, it was traced back to a belief in heredity. This was entirely destroyed by knowing that I inherited nothing from mortals; that all the good I reflect must come from God, divine Mind; that I am a child of the universal Father-Mother God.

I have also been healed of a physical condition said to be incurable. This manifested itself in a mild form, and was brought on by fear of having disobeyed the letter of one of the commandments. "For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do," explains how sin handled me. Little attention had been given to this mental condition, however, before taking up the study of Christian Science, as I had accepted the verdict "incurable." After taking up the study of Christian Science I realized that, as God's reflection, I should manifest perfect health; and work on the condition was commenced. Like many others, I worked along for some time in the belief that there was something which as a reality had to be got rid of. Finally, it dawned on my consciousness that as a child of God, created in His image and likeness, I was perfect now, and that this evil never was any part of me. It is needless to say that the sinful sense was destroyed and that the manifestation of illness has since disappeared. I am also being healed daily of further discordant thinking.

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