Testimony of Healing January 3, 1942 ISSUE

As Truth unfolds to my consciousness,...

Callie Elliott Stump

As Truth unfolds to my consciousness, I become increasingly grateful for Christian Science and more deeply appreciative of the love and faithfulness which our dear Leader, Mrs. Eddy, expressed and which enabled her to follow so closely in the way Jesus pointed out.

Over thirteen years ago, I was healed of a complication of organic and functional diseases which several eminent specialists said could be relieved only through an operation. Accepting these verdicts, I believed myself condemned to a life of semi-invalidism.

While a loved one was recovering from an operation, the results of which held no hope of permanent recovery, I was asked if, for this one's sake, I would read some Christian Science literature to him. I consented, even though I was opposed to what I believed this teaching to be. Two copies of The Christian Science Journal and the Sentinel were brought, and I sat each day during visiting hours in the hospital, reading to the patient. To me, it was the most wonderful reading I had ever known. I had been a Bible student for years, and this new teaching threw such light on the Bible that I just rejoiced. I was doing this reading with absolutely no thought of a healing for myself, but in about three days I was completely healed. I suddenly became aware that I was entirely at ease, while before I had been in constant pain. From that day, my four children and I have found the truth, as revealed in Christian Science, sufficient to meet every need.

There has been ample proof to me that God is indeed a loving Father, meeting our needs even before we ask Him. Sinus trouble, from which a member of the family was suffering, was healed in a few treatments, after help was asked from a practitioner. The case had been diagnosed by a physician, and the statement had been made that it was doubtful if drainage could be made without a facial operation, which would leave a scar. But through our dependence on Christian Science alone, the healing very quickly took place. Among the instantaneous healings that we have experienced are those of fever, burns, sprained ankle, and influenza. Grief, lack, and separation have all been overcome and proved powerless. Some of our difficulties have yielded quickly, others more slowly.

I wish to express deepest appreciation for the work of the practitioner, who so faithfully responded to any call for help. It is impossible to find words to express my love for Christian Science.— (Mrs.) Callie Elliott Stump, Houston, Texas.

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