Testimony of Healing December 16, 1939 Issue

Through reading the testimonies in the chapter entitled...

Elizabeth Lee Young

Through reading the testimonies in the chapter entitled "Fruitage," in the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, I received my first conclusive proof that Christian Science is the restatement of primitive Christianity.

One day, while I was preparing for a trip, a dear friend, who had been patiently telling me of the good news of Christian Science, came in and urged me to take along my newly purchased textbook. About a week later I remembered the book in my suitcase, and being obliged to wait several hours while my husband made a business call, I began to read. I read a paragraph here and there, but failed to grasp the meaning, although I recognized the poetic beauty of the words. Turning to the last chapter I came upon the letters from people who had been healed simply by reading the book. To my surprise I found several in which the writers claimed complete healing of the very ills which were then making my days miserable. I knew they were telling the truth, for their sincere and simple statements rang with conviction, and I began to perceive that a quality called "understanding" was stressed.

Suddenly my thought was illumined, and fervently I prayed aloud, "O God, give me the understanding which these people have found." In the profound stillness I sat listening, and such peace and assurance flowed into my consciousness that it could be likened only to the blessed reply of Christ Jesus, "I will; be thou clean."

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