Testimony of Healing August 3, 1929 Issue

For many years before I became acquainted with Christian Science...

Mary J. Doie

For many years before I became acquainted with Christian Science I earnestly longed and searched for a religion which would satisfy. I fell away from my early training and did not attend a church service for years, but sought happiness from materiality. In 1914 the world seemed to me very dark and I was so despondent there seemed absolutely nothing to live for; but in my darkest hour Christian Science was offered to me and I accepted it because I was told it would make me happy. I spent my last five dollars for a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and before I had finished reading the first chapter on Prayer I found to my surprise I not only was very happy but was healed of three chronic complaints of many years' standing, one of which I had been born with. I was grateful beyond words to be free from those conditions. Yet I did not, could not, realize the whole truth of Christian Science. I doubted many, if not all, of the testimonies of healing which I heard given and which I read in the periodicals.

In 1916 I was suddenly attacked with stomach trouble. Although a practitioner worked on the case it seemed to grow rapidly worse and soon became complicated. I was unable to eat a cracker or drink a glass of milk without suffering. At that time I was living in Chicago, and was sent to a hospital under the care of stomach specialists supposed to be the best in Cook County. I stayed there six weeks, but continued to grow weaker. When I realized there was no help there for me, I refused to continue their treatments. I was dismissed in a hopeless condition, weighing only seventy-five pounds, my former weight having been one hundred and forty-five pounds.

I returned to Christian Science with refreshed courage. Two weeks later I was sent to my relatives in Birmingham, Alabama, it was thought to die, but I got help from a practitioner there who patiently stood by me for months. We struggled with error, and at last won the victory over it. I was absolutely healed, never to doubt again. Now I know that with God nothing is impossible. Mere words fail to express my gratitude to God for our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy, who struggled for and gave to us this "pearl of great price." I am grateful for everything that concerns Christian Science, and for membership in The Mother Church, and I long for a fuller realization of this wonderful truth.

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