Testimony of Healing August 9, 1941 Issue

I want to express my gratitude for all that christian Science...

Mary Walters

I want to express my gratitude for all that Christian Science has done for me. I first became interested in it some twenty-one years ago, at a time when life seemed very dark to me, for I had been left penniless, with a small baby to support. I was so heartbroken that there did not seem to be anything cheerful to look forward to, but one of my mother's neighbors, who was a Christian Scientist, sent word for me to come to see her. I went, little dreaming of the encouragement I was to receive. I had to go back to our homestead to complete the necessary requirements for proving up and getting the patent for the property. When I arrived at my railroad destination, about thirty miles from the homestead, I was met by one of my old neighbors, who told me that the directors of a school only six miles from my home were looking for a teacher. Before we left the town, arrangements had been made with the county superintendent for a permit allowing me to teach until I could take the necessary examinations and renew my teaching certificate, which had lapsed.

While teaching in this school I became acquainted with another Christian Scientist, who gave me some literature, and I made a special trip—walking part of the way—to the town where there was a Christian Science Society. There I attended the Sunday morning service and purchased a copy of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. I read it eagerly, and glimpsed something of the truth it contained. One evening I became so sick that it seemed doubtful if could keep going. The friend who was visiting me said that this was a chance to try Christian Science and see if there was anything in it. I read until three or four o'clock in the morning, and then dropped off to sleep. I awoke in time to go to school, feeling entirely well.

I could not begin to tell of all the instances of healing and help I have had. One of the first that stands out in my memory occurred one day when I found my small daughter bathing herself in lye water. Terrified, I seized her, and while casting about in my thought what to do, the words came to me as clearly as though spoken, "Let God take care of her." The child was then dressed, and never experienced any ill effects.

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