Testimony of Healing August 17, 1929 Issue

Christian Science came to me in answer to an unspoken...

Margaret Osborn

Christian Science came to me in answer to an unspoken prayer, a longing for God, good, not only for myself but for all the world. I was unhappy and depressed by the sin and suffering that seemed to be manifest everywhere, and by the seeming futility of all efforts to ameliorate it. Christian Science opened the door on another world, where all things are possible to God, and where Love "never faileth." I learned a little of Christian Science from a beginner, although not until two years after that did I commence to study; yet I was able, in some measure, to demonstrate the healing truth. I became much happier because of the true concept of God I had gained.

It is about seven years since I took up the study of Christian Science, and scarcely a day passes without some new proof of the goodness of God. I have been through fiery trials, but when I have been faithful, Love has never failed me. I have been healed of almost continuous headaches, self-consciousness, worry, weariness, loneliness, weak arches, cuts, burns, colds, and milk leg. The children have been protected during epidemics and have been healed of colds, stomach trouble, constipation, chicken pox, and a persistent skin trouble. This last healing was slow, and I have since learned to be grateful for that, because it caused me to study diligently and utilize all the available channels of Christian Science, the Lesson-Sermons, periodicals, and Mrs. Eddy's other writings, whereas I had formerly thought that merely reading "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" was sufficient.

One healing I should like to mention occurred a short time ago. My little boy of three years cut his foot on a piece of glass. When he came to me I turned in thought to God and was able to realize that "the only flow is the flow of good from God to man" (a phrase I had read in a testimony in a Sentinel), and the bleeding stopped instantly. I washed and bound the wound and telephoned for help from a practitioner. I expressed fear that the cut would have to be stitched, but she lovingly reminded me that man could only be knit closer to God. Fear of blood poisoning was also overcome, and in a short time the healing was complete. The child suffered no pain after Christian Science treatment had commenced. I am learning to regard problems as opportunities for proving God's allness. I am grateful for membership in The Mother Church and in a branch church, and for the privilege of teaching in the Sunday school.—(Mrs.)Margaret Osborn, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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