Testimony of Healing October 24, 1936 Issue

Christian Science came to me over twenty years ago, at...

Nan B. Fitz-Patrick with contributions from Alfred H. Fitz-Patrick

Christian Science came to me over twenty years ago, at a time when all my material foundations were crumbling. I was filled with bitterness over my past and with fear for my future. I was a long way from friends, both of my parents had passed on, and I thought I had no one to turn to. A social adjustment faced me which I seemed unable to make. My thoughts turned to God and the Bible, and after months of reading and praying, I felt there was no hope there. I thought resentfully that if it were so important for us to know and understanding God, why did not the Bible make His teachings clear instead of clothing them in mystery. There were times when I was sure there was no God, others when I hoped there was none—so cruel and unsympathetic had been my concept of Him.

I was taken to a Christian Science practitioner by a friend, and after my first call I knew I had found what I had been looking for. She explained God to me as the loving, perfect, unerring Father-Mother. The Bible suddenly seemed flooded with light, and passages which previously had seemed obscure became perfectly understandable and comforting. In a short time the adjustment was made in a way I could never have foreseen or planned.

When my friends knew that I had become interested in Christian Science, they said it was a very nice thing if there were nothing much the matter. But what would I do if my small son or I should get seriously ill? I soon had a chance to prove what I would do. My seven-year-old son drank by mistake a glass full of strong lye solution. Without giving any material means a single thought, I telephoned a practitioner, as the child was in great pain and frothing at the mouth. The practitioner's calm, sure trust in God stilled my fear. In five minutes all pain had ceased, and so completely had the word of Truth neutralized the error that the child sat down to his lunch, which he ate with relish. He went to school for the afternoon and never for a moment experienced any further pain or so-called aftereffects. This demonstration so strengthened my faith and understanding that I have never felt the slightest temptation to use material means for healing. This same son went through all the phases of the measles in less than twenty-four hours.

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