Testimony of Healing January 31, 1931 Issue

My interest in Christian Science began through the healing...

Emilie G. Pollard

My interest in Christian Science began through the healing of my small daughter. She had been suffering greatly from a distressing intestinal condition which the physician during six month's treatment tried in vain to relieve. A neighbor's little girl was her playmate, and from this family we heard something of Christian Science. My little girl said one night, "Mother, I know what will heal me: God and Christian Science." The next day I took her to a Christian Science practitioner. She was soon relieved, and in a short time all the pain and distress vanished. There was one short attack later, which the practitioner's loving work destroyed; and that ended the trouble. Thus did spiritual truth begin to dawn in our consciousness.

I myself longed to be free from severe headaches, chronic sciatica, and ulcerated throat. These afflictions interfered with my duties as the sole guardian of two small children. I was led to continue patiently to stand for the truth; and though the healing of the lameness due to the severe pain in my hip was slow, all the time I was becoming happier and more trustful of God's love and almighty power. From not being able to prepare a meal without utter prostration following, and the necessity for lying down, I become able to walk for longer and longer periods, and to perform all the household tasks.

The two children are now grown up, and both are living in accordance with the guidance afforded by the teachings of Christian Science. There have been many remarkable healings in our family, of mastoiditis, blood poisoning, influenza, sunstroke, and infected eyeball, ivy poisoning (instantaneously overcome), broken rib, rapid recovery from the effects of a fall down an entire flight of stairs, and other healings, all of which were effected through the understanding of man's real, spiritual life.

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