Testimony of Healing April 26, 1930 Issue

Before knowing of Christian Science, religion meant very...

Anna Emanuel Williams

Before knowing of Christian Science, religion meant very little to me. It meant a casual, vague acknowledgment of a God who was situated in some remote place called heaven, and it entailed a very reluctant and occasional visit to a place of worship. But since the revelation of Christian Science came into my life I have found religion to mean a vital sense of the ever-presence of a God who is loving and near. So many blessings have come into my life since I took up the study of Christian Science as revealed by our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, that it is hard to enumerate them.

Physical, financial, and moral healings have been experienced, health restored where ill health had been the accepted condition, and harmony established where discord and hate had seemed to reign. A sure sense of quiet and peace has found a place in my consciousness, making me supremely grateful for the small understanding I have of the law of God, good, operating through the unfolding of Christian Science.

I was awakened one night with toothache. I did some work in Science, and tried to go to sleep again, but in vain. I went to business the next morning, trying to dismiss the increasing sense of pain that seemed to be present, but by midday the pain was so aggressive that I could not think coherently. I had eaten nothing, nor could I bear to open my mouth even to take a drink. The tooth had worked quite loose, and I realized the condition was that of an abscess. By five o'clock the pain was so great I could not attend to my business, so I left early and went to a practitioner for help. She lovingly pointed out that God's child could never be a recipient of poisonous thoughts, nor could aggressive mental suggestion dominate the spiritual idea. I went to bed declaring that God is Love: that seemed the only thing I could think of, so great was the pain. But I soon fell asleep, and slept right through the night. When I awakened at eight o'clock the next morning I was healed. I ate a hearty breakfast, and was able to bite toast on the very tooth that had caused me so much trouble. I have never had any further trouble with it.

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