Testimony of Healing April 9, 1938 Issue

Christian Science first came to my attention over twenty-three...

Verne Taylor Benedict

Christian Science first came to my attention over twenty-three years ago when my son, then about five months old, was dropped upon a cement porch and his head apparently crushed. A dear friend living near by who was a student of Christian Science took him to her home and kept him there for several days, bringing him to me at intervals to be fed. At such times he would go into convulsions, so she would take him home with her again, knowing, I am sure, that she could do much more for him away from my distracted thinking. Finally, however, she returned him to me completely healed, and there was no evidence that an accident had ever taken place.

At this time she lent me a copy of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, which I attempted to read; but failing to comprehend it, I put it aside as being beyond my understanding. The seed had been sown, however, and it was to prove fruitful. Some years later, at a period of great unhappiness, shadowed by an increasing fear of a developing malignant disease, I was again led to turn to Christian Science. This time, however, aimless reading soon grew into consistent and persistent searching for Truth as one false belief after another was destroyed, sometimes with the help of a practitioner, sometimes through my own understanding.

Our healings are often the milestones by which we may measure our progress Spiritward, and there have been many milestones in my path. I have been healed of chronic constipation, lumbago, tonsillitis, the smoking habit, severe burns, and many other ailments for which no diagnosis was ever made. But it is of the healing of a fear of a malignant disease that I should like to tell. The removal from my consciousness of the fear of this ailment with its material evidences has been slow. Sometimes it would seem to be met, only to reappear; but through this experience I have gained immeasurably in understanding, and have come to feel a deep and lasting gratitude to our Leader and to the Cause of Christian Science. I should also like to express my gratitude to the practitioner who has so loyally stood by whenever called upon for aid, and to the other dear friends who have grasped my hands in fellowship when my own vision seemed not clear. I may say also that the false claim, with its attendant fears, has been completely overcome as I have gained sufficient understanding to realize its nothingness.

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