Testimony of Healing May 25, 1929 Issue

Words could never express my gratitude for Christian Science,...

Eleanor Birmingham Hartwell

Words could never express my gratitude for Christian Science, but they can at least give a hint of it. This wonderful "Comforter" came to me at a time when I was most unhappy; when there seemed to be so much wrong and evil in the world, and no opportunity for right things. I had a very strong faith in God, but could not seem to find much of His creation in the world, for I was looking to matter for it. I am grateful that I never opposed Christian Science. My first knowledge of it, as anything but a name, came through a lecture. I thought it very beautiful, but felt that I was not good enough for it to apply to me. However, when it was presented to me a little more specifically a few months later, I accepted it promptly and thoroughly. It has met my every need; it has shown me that there is a right and permanent solution for every problem of wrong in the world; it has given me the understanding to help my brother-man; it has given me a home, companionship, and happiness; and it has brought me physical healing.

The first healing I had was of very weak eyes. I had worn glasses for reading and sewing for several years, and dark glasses for protection from the glare of light, sometimes even in the house. I disliked these dark glasses so much that I had practically discarded them, but had been keeping out of bright light, wearing a broad-brimmed hat, frequently shutting my eyes and being led along when the sun was bright, and having to put up with watery eyes most of the time. The friend who brought Christian Science to me suggested that we read the Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly out on the rocks. The glare from the sun on the river was strong. On my protesting that I could not possibly use my eyes to read, the Scientist very lovingly asked me if I thought God had made any condition that could keep me from learning to know about Him. Immediately I realized that God had given me sight, and when it came to my turn to read I did so, and by the time we had finished the Lesson my eyes were perfectly clear and dry. That was in 1915, and I have not had any difficulty since. In fact, in watching the total eclipse of the sun a few years ago, I looked right at it for some time without any smoked glass and without the slightest feeling of weakness in my eyes, although others around me complained of difficulty, even when using smoked glass.

My second healing was of car sickness. About a week after taking up the study of Christian Science I had to take an all-day trip on a train, and I started out with the definite expectation of car sickness. I had been given a Christian Science Sentinel to take with me, and started at once to read it. One thought in the Sentinel stood out above everything else—God is Love. When I began to feel sick I realized that Love did not make any such condition, and I have never had any trouble of that kind since. That healing opened my thought quite completely, and I never again even considered taking medicine of any kind.

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