Testimony of Healing November 3, 1934 Issue

Nine years ago, having suffered from goiter for a year,...

Carrie W. Zimmerman

Nine years ago, having suffered from goiter for a year, I found myself in a very sick condition. Three surgeons advised an immediate operation, but I refused to submit to that, for I did not believe I could go through it, as I was so depleted in strength, having had no natural sleep for many months. A friend presented Christian Science to me, and though I knew nothing about it I decided to try it. I visited a practitioner and received my first treatment. My surprise was very great when I learned that I need not take any medicine, nor, in fact, do anything except read the Bible and a book called "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. Upon my return home I began to read and soon fell asleep. This was the first natural sleep I had had in many months, and it was about five hours later when I awoke feeling quite refreshed and much stronger. The lump in my throat had disappeared and I was happy, but afraid to tell my family. It seemed to me too good to be true. But now I know only the good is true. The following day I telephoned to the practitioner to give me an absent treatment. I wanted to be sure that I was completely healed. Then came to me the truth of the statement of the Psalmist, that God "healeth all thy diseases." I was ready at once to tell my family that I needed no more medicine or doctoring, for I had found and proved to my entire satisfaction that the only healer is God. The condition has never returned, and since that time every member of my family has had some healing in Christian Science.

For all the physical healings which we have had I am indeed grateful, but far above all is the great blessing of spiritual joy—even in the midst of seeming hardships—and as I listen for the "still small voice" of Truth I prove that God is "a very present help in trouble." My heart is filled with deepest gratitude for our revered Leader, who, through trials and self-denials, perceived the truth so clearly that she could reveal it in a most comprehensive manner to a sick and weary world.

(Mrs.) Carrie W. Zimmerman, Hamilton, Ohio.

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