Testimony of Healing August 23, 1930 Issue

Over twenty years ago, at the request of my husband,...

May Corbin Powell

Over twenty years ago, at the request of my husband, who had been healed of hay fever, I attended lectures on Christian Science and learned that I had no God of health and comfort in my accepted creed. Fear governed to a large extent, and the cares of a family of seven seemed to absorb all my time and strength; however, I maintained that if I could not accept Christian Science as my religion I would certainly not turn to it for physical healing. A copy of the precious textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, had been given to my husband, but I did not avail myself of the privilege of reading it, continuing, instead, to cling to the old creeds and forms until compelled to seek relief from physical suffering.

All resistance to the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mrs. Eddy, vanished in the instant when, like a little child, I turned to God and implored Him to show me the truth. In twenty minutes, with the aid of "the scientific statement of being" on page 468 of Science and Health, I arose from a bed of pain healed mentally and physically. With this healing came a sense of freedom and dominion in all ways. Since my first experience there has never been the slightest impulse to rely on any other agency for healing for myself or for those intrusted to my care.

During the summer of 1909 my husband was healed of severe lung trouble, diagnosed as tuberculosis; and various limitations, financial and otherwise, were removed. Together we came to Christian Science, uniting with a branch church and with The Mother Church, and having class instruction as soon as it was right, in order that we might serve more effectively the Cause of Truth. The intervening years have brought a large measure of peace and freedom, attained through seeking ever to exalt divine Principle instead of person in thought.

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