Testimony of Healing February 20, 1943 Issue

Christian Science was introduced...

Bernice Canterbury

Christian Science was introduced to me when I was quite a young girl on a trip to California. My father, mother, and I were living in an apartment where there was a woman who was a Christian Scientist, and with whom we attended church. I felt that this was a church I should enjoy attending, while before this I had attended the church I was brought up in because I felt it a duty to do so. My father was much impressed with the friendliness of the ushers and the church services. We both felt the presence of the Christ, Truth, there, although we were unable to explain it.

I had been suffering from a most irritating skin infection, and had been to many doctors, who were unable to do anything for me. The woman who lived in the apartment house asked my father if she could take me to a Christian Science practitioner. He gave his consent, and I shall never forget that visit to the office of the practitioner. He made no particular mention of the condition that was troubling me, but talked of pleasant things which were of interest to me as a young girl at that time. I was much impressed by this, and by the quietness and peace of his office. I slept that night, for the first time in many weeks. The next day I left California, and upon wakening in my Pullman the following morning, I found I was completely healed. Not a trace of this condition remained. I did not turn to Christian Science at that time, but felt that some day I should want to know more about it, and to attend church again.

Some years later, when it seemed as though everything I held most dear in life was crumbling about me, I thought of Christian Science and turned to it for help. My little girl was healed of what the doctors called tuberculosis. I shall never forget the loving help of the practitioner at this time, and how patiently she guided me in the right way when things looked dark and fearful. I remember the quiet hours of reading at that time, and how the practitioner told me to look on this as my opportunity to learn about God. In a short time my little girl was healed. She is a strong, healthy girl today and attends the Christian Science Sunday School. I should also like to mention the wonderful protection we had by clinging to the ninety-first Psalm when my small daughter had been exposed to infantile paralysis and was expressing symptoms of this disease. This was a wonderful proof to me of the healing power of Christian Science.

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