Testimony of Healing April 7, 1928 Issue

I cannot remember the time when I was not possessed...

Anna Elizabeth Gish

I cannot remember the time when I was not possessed by unrest and intense suffering. As a child I was nervous and could not settle myself to anything. I was continually seeking change and excitement. As I grew to womanhood I hoped these conditions would disappear; but, instead, they seemed to grow worse. I was considered a delicate child, being continually ill and unhappy; was oversensitive and melancholy. I married very young, hoping to find happiness in my own home; but it was denied me. I roamed from place to place, ever seeking happiness, but never finding it because I was looking to personality for it. I made friends readily, but would lose them for no reason that I could see. I could not find what I wanted. I attended different churches, but could find no relief from the sorrow that seemed to be overwhelming me.

About ten years ago, while in an eastern city, I was led to attend a Christian Science church. The beautiful and dignified simplicity of the service greatly appealed to me. The loving-kindness manifested by all with whom I came in contact seemed to bring me a measure of happiness; but I still remained in a confused mental state. After six months I returned to the western city which had been my home for sixteen years. I continued attending the Christian Science church, but not regularly; and the mental suffering seemed to grow worse, until I began to fear I was losing my reason. I bore it as long as I could, and then went to a Christian Science practitioner. I told her of the unrest, and asked her what was the matter with me—what it was I needed. She told me I needed an understanding of God and of man's relationship to Him; and I knew she was right. She took up treatment for me, and I started the study of Christian Science in earnest. The trouble has been stubborn and slow to yield. But it is yielding. A few years ago I had the privilege of class instruction, for which I am very grateful, as it has opened up the way for a greater understanding of Truth. I am very grateful for Christian Science and all it has done for me. All I am I owe to this great truth.

I have been healed of sick headaches. I am grateful to God for the privilege of living in the time of Christian Science; grateful to the noble woman, Mary Baker Eddy, who gave it to the world; grateful to my son's wife, whose loving thought first started me thinking seriously of Christian Science, and who has been so helpful to me all along the journey from sense to Soul. I would say to those who have a sense of discouragement in their application of it, not to give up, however much they may be tempted to do so, for God will heal them, will lead them out of bondage to error, if they only cling steadfastly enough to Truth and trust Him. I know this, for I have proved it when error seemed to be pulling me down into oblivion. I am grateful for the physical healings—and I have had many; but far more so for the spiritual healings and for the better understanding I now have of divine Love and the higher meaning of service as taught in Christian Science. I am very grateful for the overcoming of fear and selfishness and other conditions that are unlike good.

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