Testimony of Healing September 13, 1930 Issue

Fifteen years ago one near and dear to me, then a sophomore...

Emma Cary

Fifteen years ago one near and dear to me, then a sophomore in college, manifested mental trouble, the result, it was believed, of reading a book on insanity found in a medical library, and then thinking he had symptoms of that malady. That was the beginning of the trouble. Later, the doctors gave no hope, and a famous brain specialist in America said he could do nothing and advised putting the lad in an institution. To this I objected, believing the environment of such a place a great hindrance to recovery. I knew this trouble was not of God's creation and felt there must be some help, if I only knew how to find it. In my extremity I turned to God and He showed me the way. I opened a magazine, and for the first time read of Mary Baker Eddy and her wonderful work. I knew instinctively that this was what I was looking for; that it was the answer to my prayer, and was the truth. I did not then know how to avail myself of this help, but again divine Love directed me—this time to an acquaintance in the West who was an ardent student of Christian Science. She began working for us, and with my faint glimpse of the truth and her loving help the boy began to improve, with the result that in two years he again entered college, the junior class, and took his degree of Bachelor of Science the following year. He served with the United States Marines three years, and at the end of that time received an honorable discharge. He has never again manifested the trouble. For this I am indeed grateful; and we know the only healing that is permanent and complete is in Spirit.

Looking back on that experience is wonderfully illuminating. It was then that I learned that causation is mental and that all trouble starts with wrong thinking. Then came a lapse of wasted years, years in which I should have been gaining knowledge and, with knowledge, understanding; but this protective truth was ever with me, and later I began demonstrating the power of Truth to heal bodily ailments for my children and myself. The seed had been sown, and Love would not let me go until I surrendered all. To-day I am so happy to be able to say that the greatest, the most vital factor in my life is Spirit, the only reality, God.

(Mrs.) Emma Cary, Auburn, Alabama.

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