Testimony of Healing January 14, 1939 Issue

Sincere appreciation of the testimonies given in our...

Albertina E. Yaeger with contributions from Harry C. Yaeger

Sincere appreciation of the testimonies given in our periodicals impels me to add my song of praise. Our first contact with Christian Science came about eighteen years ago, when we were eager to have our small son attend Sunday school. Having no church interests of our own, we sent him to various Sunday schools and finally decided we should like to have him grow up with the teachings of Christian Science. We soon realized that to have him benefit from this teaching we must supplement it by home training along the same line, so my husband and I applied ourselves earnestly to learning what it was all about. From the beginning of our study of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, we knew that we had made a wise choice for our son, and felt sure that, if it was good for him, it would be good for us. How grateful we have been ever since, that Christian Science came to us when it did!

Life, so called, had been rather a pleasant, easy-going experience; but as our family grew, the years brought problems, physical, financial, and moral. The truths learned in Christian Science have been adequate to meet every need as it arose, when we honestly and sincerely applied them to reverse the error. The Apostle Paul writes in II Corinthians, "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair." We were often "troubled on every side," but looking back over many of these experiences, I realize, with gratitude and joy, that we were never in despair, knowing that we had a very present help, and could set ourselves to work out the problem with that assurance. This made the work of rearing four boys not a distressing task, but, instead, an interesting experience.

Above all other things that Christian Science has taught me, I am most grateful that I am learning "a truer sense of Love," as mentioned on page 19 of the textbook. The practical application of this "truer sense of Love" was proved to me in the following experience. I had been much disturbed by the fast-moving traffic on the highway in front of our home, just on the edge of the town, where the traffic restrictions seemed to be disregarded, for our boys had to use this highway to go to school, there being no sidewalks in that section. I soon realized that my wrong thinking about those who were driving with apparently no regard for law, was not protecting the boys. I endeavored to see that no child of God could be careless or do any harm. I had for some time been free of any resentment toward the drivers of these cars, when this test came upon me. Our young son was hit by a fast-moving car, which dragged him about a hundred yards before it could be stopped. I often recall with joy the divine presence that enabled me to go to the man who felt responsible for the accident and was so distressed by his seeming error, and to be able to take his hand, with a true sense of compassion, and assure him that all was well with the child.

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