Testimony of Healing January 16, 1943 Issue

Christian Science was brought...

Lydia A. Rice

Christian Science was brought to my attention in 1901 by a cousin who had been benefited by it. Although for several years Christian Science services had been held in Melbourne, Australia, where I then lived, I had never heard of it. At once I became very much interested, and asked many questions, which were answered most satisfactorily. Three days after this introduction to Christian Science I attended the Wednesday evening testimony meeting, and later the Sunday service. I bought the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and began to study the Lesson-Sermons in the Christian Science Quarterly.

A short time later, when on a trip to the country, I was taken seriously ill with bronchial asthma. I had had periodic attacks previously, and two doctors said they could do nothing for me. I sent word to a Christian Science practitioner in the city for treatment and was healed immediately. There has never been a return of this trouble in over forty years.

A little later, while on the same trip, I became suddenly ill and suffered much pain. After I had been in bed for four days and had been unable to take any nourishment, the landlady called in a doctor. The doctor said I was in for a very long illness with pneumonia, which was then prevalent, and with two other serious complications. While he was saying this I turned my back on error, and declared mentally that I did not have any such conditions. That repudiation of the error healed me.

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