Testimony of Healing August 6, 1932 Issue

I became interested in Christian Science some twenty-three...

Rachel Hanssen

I became interested in Christian Science some twenty-three years ago. At that time I was suffering from defective sight, and was instantaneously healed of that condition through reading an article in one of the Sentinels. I was visiting a friend out in the country when this great truth was first brought to me. After listening to the many healings that had been experienced in that home, I became so interested that on getting back to my own home I went to the Reading Room and procured a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. Before leaving the Reading Room I asked the librarian to tell me some more about this wonderful truth. She handed me a copy of the Sentinel. The first article I read contained an account of the healing of defective sight for a little child. I went to bed feeling quite sure that, as God's child, I also must have perfect sight. The next morning I found, to my great joy and gratitude, that I had no need to wear glasses any more.

Recently I found that my sight was beginning to fail again, so that it became difficult for me to read or sew. I attended a Christian Science lecture in Johannesburg. When I looked at the platform, things were blurred and indistinct; I could but faintly see the lecturer's face. After listening for about half an hour I suddenly looked up and saw everything quite clearly. I realized that my sight had been restored. My joy was more than words can express. I could see the lecturer's face quite plainly, and every petal of the beautiful flowers on the platform was distinct. The whole world had taken on a new light. Never before had I been so uplifted at any lecture, and I left feeling like a new person.

I am very grateful for the many blessings received since taking up the study of Christian Science; for the privilege of membership in The Mother Church; to God for sending Mrs. Eddy to make known this great truth to us; and to the Directors of The Mother Church for making provision for the holding of these lectures in distant lands.—(Mrs.)Rachel Hanssen, Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa.

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