Testimony of Healing August 1, 1942 Issue

The testimonies in The Christian Science Journal...

Edgel N. Marston

The testimonies in The Christian Science Journal and Christian Science Sentinel have always been a source of great joy to me, and I wish to add my testimony to the abundant store.

During my junior year in high school I met with an accident which resulted in a deep gash in my throat. To mortal sense this was serious because the jugular vein was exposed. I was taken to a doctor, who felt the necessity of closing the wound with stitches. Members of my family were notified of the accident, and work was taken up for me in Christian Science. I was beautifully protected, for although at first I was very faint, this condition passed almost instantly. Even during the time that the stitches were being put in I experienced no pain, much to the surprise of the doctor and those around me. I was told that my face and jaw would be very stiff for many days, but they were not. The stitches were removed a few days later, and one week from the day of the accident I was awarded first place in a state declamation contest. Christian Science treatment was continued until the healing was complete.

I have had many other beautiful healings through the application of the truth, for which I am very grateful, some as a result of my own work and others as a result of the work of practitioners. Some of these include healings of colds, headaches, an infected foot, depression, bad temper, restlessness, and impatience. Above all, however, I am grateful for the sweet sense of peace, joy, and confidence which I have gained since I have learned of my indissoluble, perfect unity with my Father-Mother God. I am learning that only as I love can I demonstrate this unity. Mary Baker Eddy has written in "Pulpit and Press" (p. 4), "You have simply to preserve a scientific, positive sense of unity with your divinesource, and daily demonstrate this." In Science and Health (p. 571) she says, "The cement of a higher humanity will unite all interests in the one divinity." I am learning that only as I daily demonstrate the perfect unity which exists between the perfect creator and the perfect creation can I help to prove that "all interests" are united "in the one divinity."

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