Testimony of Healing August 5, 1933 Issue

On page 324 of the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health...

Mabel Bingham Clark

On page 324 of the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health, we read these words: "Gladness to leave the false landmarks and joy to see them disappear,—this disposition helps to precipitate the ultimate harmony." I should like to testify to the truth of these words and also to express my gratitude for them.

For twenty years previous to taking up the study of Christian Science I was a pharmacist and a student of pathology. I was also an X-ray operator, and assisted in the designing of tubes for the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Overwhelmed by discouragement, despair, self-pity, and a great sense of injustice, which impaired my activities, I turned to Christian Science over sixteen years ago. At this time I separated myself from medical associates and friends, taking a position in a boarding school. Here I had considerable free time, and studied very earnestly the Lesson-Sermons as given in the Christian Science Quarterly. I also devoted as much time as possible to the study of Science and Health, together with the Bible.

As there was no Christian Science church or society in the community, I was unable to attend any Sunday services or any Wednesday evening testimony meetings; nor did I know of a single Christian Scientist there whom I could consult. I did not even know the procedure of a Christian Science treatment. Before the end of the school year, however, I found that I could lay aside a very uncomfortable body brace which I had been compelled to wear for over twenty-five years for the relief of a severe hernia. I was also healed of periodic spells of extreme nervous exhaustion during that first year of study. These healings, for which I am deeply grateful, came through the daily reading of the Lesson-Sermons. By realizing somewhat the allness of God, good, and never looking for ill effects of certain conditions and so-called laws, I have learned to turn to God as my protector. Twice I have been spared the ordeal of vaccination in foreign lands.

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