Testimony of Healing March 12, 1927 Issue

Christian Science came to me when I had lost all my...

Carlisle Neff

Christian Science came to me when I had lost all my friends, and at a time when I felt that although life must be lived for the duties near at hand, the joy of living was an impossible achievement. I was asked to investigate Christian Science not for myself but to help another; but I soon found that as I sought another's good the blessing came to me also. I first had to battle with myself to see if I could accept any theory of God, for I had already so earnestly sought Him through other channels only to find nothing tangible. When at last I was led to see that there must be a creative Principle, joyously I found no theory to be debated, but divine Mind to be known, understood, and reflected.

The desire to destroy and lose life was changed to the desire and ability to reflect and find Life. Fallen arches were corrected as thought was lifted to God; fear was overcome; the recurring tendency to quinsy sore throat vanished as I learned to "let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable" in the sight of my Father-Mother God. I learned to think clearly and logically and spiritually. For this latter unfoldment I give great thanks to the Lesson-Sermons. For over two years I studied them but apparently gained little, never seeing the relation of the sections to the subject, nor the correlation between the Bible and "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. The desire to follow obediently, however, held me firm, and I continued until I found I was in a position to "go through the gates," and the beauty and continuity of the Lesson-Sermons began to dawn on me.

Throughout the war it was Christian Science that led me to my rightful place and gave me the rightful weapon to operate—love. It enabled me to do my work thoroughly and harmoniously; it enabled me, without fear of loss of promotion, to uncover discordant conditions and supplant them with rightful ones; it enabled me to bring to others that truth which uplifted thought to the contemplation of its origin, divine Mind.

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