Testimony of Healing July 13, 1940 Issue

Before taking up the study of Christian Science, I was...

HETTIE F. BERLINER

Before taking up the study of Christian Science, I was not satisfied with my concept of the Supreme Being, and had become very doubtful as to whether God really existed. After reading Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy, and Studying her definition of God (p. 587), I began to realize that God is omnipotent, and that I had found a religion which I could understand and accetp.

For many years Christian Science has brought me much comfort and many healings, and I have never known it to fail, when it has been faithfully applied.

A broken vertebra in the lower spine, the result of an injury at childbirth, was wonderfully healed. After much suffering and severe pain from this condition, I consulted a doctor, who told me that the bone would have to be removed. I was unwilling to undergo an operation, and declined medical aid. Shortly after this I took up the study of Christian Science, and I knew that I could overcome this difficulty through the understanding that man is spiritual, not material. The healing seemed slow, but suddenly one day I realized that, although the pain at times was very severe, I must not, in belief, make a reality of the condition. Complete healing came with the realization that God is perfect, and that man, as His idea, or reflection, is perfect. Man was seen as perfect and intact, neither in nor of matter. I held to the thought of man's God-given dominion, and claimed that dominion as a divine right. All pain disappeared, and I was healed.

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