Testimony of Healing April 8, 1939 Issue

When I was a very little girl I was sickly

Pearl Fessenden

When I was a very little girl I was sickly. I would read the New Testament writings and wish that Jesus had not been crucified, for he would have then come over to this country and made me well! When I was twelve years old a minister declared to a friend that I had a spiritual nature. As I grew older this lady often asked me if I could understand the Bible healings, as the minister had believed. I did not understand, of course; but as the years went by, material remedies failed to heal me, and my faith in their healing efficacy was gone. The doctor told me that no more could be done for me, and that I could not expect to live through another cold winter. He said that I looked as though I were existing on faith.

In those days the words from the Bible, "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent," kept coming to me, and like Mary of old I pondered them in my heart and they gave me much comfort and peace. So when I was invited to go with some neighbors one morning in September, 1918, to a Christian Science church service, I gladly accepted, and it seemed that I was ready for the wonderful healing I received. The subject was "God." I could not tell anything that took place at that service, but when it was over, I found that I was well.

I at once began the study of the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, and the Lesson-Sermons in the Christian Science Quarterly; and instead of being under a doctor's care almost constantly, I became healthy. I was lovingly taught how to apply the teachings in daily living, and I have had wonderful demonstrations from the first and all through the years, including many instantaneous healings, such as those of blood poisoning (septic infection) and an internal trouble caused by accidentally eating some glass. I was healed of the effects of smallpox in a very short time by reading a Christian Science lecture. A condition which would have meant a surgical operation under a doctor's care was healed; and although it took many weeks of studying and much mental work, I had no fear; I knew I would come through safely, because God is the only Physician.

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