Testimony of Healing July 4, 1931 Issue

It is with sincere gratitude for what Christian Science...

Jessie Mae Purdy

It is with sincere gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me that I offer this testimony. I did not take up the study for physical healing, but with a desire to learn something of this beautiful truth which I saw reflected in the life of others who were interested in it. I have found it to be a very present help at all times, and it has met my every need when correctly applied.

My first healing was that of a very painful ear. I asked help from a practitioner and the healing came very quickly. With this healing came the spiritual understanding of God as my Life and of my real selfhood as His child, ever perfect. We have had many proofs in our family of the healing power of Truth. Our three children were born under Christian Science treatment, with gratifying results. One birth was painless, taking place half an hour before the midwife arrived. Our eldest boy when six years of age fell from a tree, striking one shoulder and throwing it out of place: the arm hung limp, as if broken. I felt no fear and declared the truth, as our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, tells us to do in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 424), that "accidents are unknown to God," and that man in God's image and likeness could not fall. In one week the healing was complete, and he had normal use of both arms.

I have been healed of a mental state bordering on insanity. This healing was slow, but through it I learned many valuable lessons. I am so grateful to the practitioners who helped me through this, the darkest period of my life. If it had not been for Christian Science I should have been separated from my home and loved ones. Words cannot express my gratitude for this truth. Only by letting my light so shine that others may see, can I feel that I am really grateful. I am grateful to our Leader, who has given us this understanding of God as Love, as Father and Mother, who always knows our every need.

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