Testimony of Healing December 11, 1937 Issue

For over forty years Christian Science has been the...

Hettie L. Anderson with contributions from Amy F. Elkins

For over forty years Christian Science has been the only physician in my household. We were led to investigate it at a time of great need, when we were living in the Middle West. Science was unknown in this community, but through the insistence of a friend who had been healed by a practitioner in a distant city in a few treatments, after being given up by physicians as incurable, we were persuaded to write this practitioner to find out if he could do anything for a member of the family who was on the verge of collapse after a long period of ill-health and disappointment in not finding any relief from materia medica. Speedy relief followed the absent treatments. This led to my earnest investigation of Christian Science through the study of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, and through correspondence with this practitioner, who gave me much encouragement in my effort to gain an understanding of how to use the healing power of the Scriptures, which I had studied from childhood. To my great joy I found, before many months, that I could prove the truth for myself, and I let no opportunity pass to apply what I had learned in helping my children with any ailment that appeared, as well as in helping any domestic animal in need.

Science and Health was my constant companion. My health, which had been poor for a long time, greatly improved. I longed to share this new-found joy, and through correspondence with relatives aroused their interest, so that my mother, who was well advanced in years, was induced to turn to Christian Science for help after a severe attack of sickness which was not remedied by any medical treatment. She was soon healed, and after this healing enjoyed better health than she had for many years. My father and other relatives were also greatly helped following my mother's healing. So, for four generations my people have enjoyed the blessings of Christian Science. Most of my children and grandchildren have known no other help. Many serious diseases have been healed, and several cases of broken bones and dislocations have been healed without any surgical assistance.

In addition to all these great blessings we have received marvelous protection in times of great danger. In Isaiah we are told, "When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee." We have surely proved the truth of these promises in protection from both flood and fire. At one time our house caught fire, and all effort to check the flames seemed of little avail because of an insufficient water supply. In desperation I slipped away from the terrifying sight, and turning to God with all my heart, tried to realize His omnipotence, and the powerlessness of any seeming material element to do any harm. I heard the man who was directing the efforts to extinguish the flames by the pails of water passed from one to another, cry out: "I am afraid, men, it is impossible to stop this blaze The house seems bound to go." I denied most earnestly that omnipotence could fail, and in a short time I heard the same man call out, "Well, boys, I believe we have it under control, after all." And to their great surprise the last vestige of the fire soon died away.

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