Testimony of Healing December 25, 1926 Issue

I had always had a great desire to love God supremely;...

Grace Moon with contributions from Josephine Watts, Grace Gordon Moon

I had always had a great desire to love God supremely; the pure and good in all things appealed to me. In my youth I joined an orthodox church with the full intention of living the highest spiritual life possible. Experiences, however, caused me to see that my knowledge of God was not sufficient to meet my needs. Prayers were unanswered, until I finally ceased to pray, feeling that if there was a God He would understand and send a light by which I could see my way to worship Him.

I began the study of Christian Science without prejudice, except that I did not like the thought of Mrs. Eddy having discovered it. Realizing that this was a hindrance to me, I asked in simple prayer that it be removed, and in its stead there came a feeling of love and appreciation for her. Never again did I have that feeling of dislike, and I realized then that this was a divine healing. My thought was so material I did not readily grasp the spiritual sense of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," written by Mrs. Eddy, but by applying what I did understand I was able to meet the needs of my little girl and myself; and this gave me courage to hold on to the truth through much opposition and criticism. I know now this strengthened me, though at times it seemed very unfair and distressing. Like Paul, I had to learn to suffer for Christ's sake; and after fourteen years of earnest effort to overcome the material sense of life through the understanding of the spiritual, I can humbly and gratefully say that I can also, in some measure, with Paul rejoice in tribulation. For every trial of my faith has made me stronger. In the solving of each problem I have been made ready for the next step, remembering that when trials "cease to bless they will cease to occur" (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 143).

The experiences of the past fourteen years have been many and varied, and some seemingly trying; but through them all no material means for healing have been resorted to since my first glimpse of the truth of Christian Science. One experience I especially want to give was the healing of a bowel trouble which seemed very stubborn. The condition had reached the stage of hemorrhage, and I had become greatly emaciated. During this period of waiting and striving to watch my thought, many beautiful lessons were revealed to me, and the Bible became much clearer, many helpful verses opening up when the need seemed greatest, and sustaining me. Through the help of a faithful practitioner I reached the point where radical reliance on God was made possible; and while studying the definition of God in the Glossary of Science and Health I was healed. I realized as never before that if God is the only power and is good and all-knowing, He can know nothing but good, and if all-seeing, He can see nothing but good, and if all-acting, then certainly all action must be harmonious. With this realization came a great uplifting of thought. I was able to dress and go to church; and on my return I ate dinner, something I had not been able to do for many weeks. I felt a rush of blood through my veins, very noticeable because of its absence so long, and the blessed truth dawned upon my thought that my waiting had not been in vain. I had touched the hem of the Christ-garment. No mere words can express my gratitude for the revealed ever-presence of God at that moment. I learned one most important thing through this experience, and it was that I had fallen into the habit of working over the material claims of disease instead of dealing with mental influences.

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