Testimony of Healing January 10, 1942 ISSUE

I hereby offer humble and sincere...

Nell Daniel Esslinger

I hereby offer humble and sincere gratitude for an understanding of Christian Science which has come to me through prayer, through the help of friends, and through the Christian Science movement.

I turned to my orthodox church in time of despair, but failed to find the solution of my problems. Many months of mental, physical, and financial strain culminated in four days and nights of intense and almost constant prayer, with the following remarkable results.

In an unexpected way I obtained the money to travel from Birmingham to New York, a step which I felt was necessary for business reasons. I was able to rise from a spell of sickness, take the journey, and earn my living by manual labor on my arrival; and in a few days a friend recommended that I read the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.

Very soon I secured a position which allowed me much time for reading, and immediately I borrowed the textbook and read it through three times. My strength came back, and my health improved by leaps and bounds. Sometimes I laughed and cried from relief and joy as I read. The light from the window in my room seemed brighter than any I had ever seen. This took place more than ten years ago, and I have not felt the need of medicine since.

The textbook was the only book I could purchase at the time, but I borrowed all Mrs. Eddy's other writings and read them too.

From the beginning the Christian Science churches have been places of light and joy to me the literature priceless refreshment, service in the movement a privilege, and the Reading Room a home for the traveler, a place of refuge and rest. The Reading Room is indeed a place where the weak may find strength; the foolish, wisdom; the lonesome, love; and the hurt, healing.

I am grateful for help given by many kind and patient practitioners, and for class instruction. And it is high time I make public acknowledgment of my debt to the Christian Science movement. Service as soloist and in other capacities in a branch church has been interesting and educational, as was experience as soloist at services conducted in a prison and an asylum.

I have been healed of many minor ailments, such as headaches, cuts, sprains, and bruises, through realizing the truth persistently, and have been able to help others in some degree.—(Miss) Nell Daniel Esslinger, Huntsville, Alabama.

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