Testimony of Healing September 25, 1943 Issue

I wish to tell of the joy, the...

Nelle B. Sheridan

I wish to tell of the joy, the healing of mind and body, which have come to me through the loving ministrations of Christian Science. For more than thirty years I have relied upon it to correct discords of every nature, and today I am filled with gratitude for the blessings received, and for the goodness of God which is revealed through this beautiful religion, taught and demonstrated by the Master and revealed to this age by our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy.

One of the many blessings is the overcoming of lack. I was steeped in limitation. When at last it became so acute that it engaged my whole attention, I had help from several Christian Science practitioners, but without results. On applying to one for help I remarked, after relating the circumstances, "But I am not unhappy." A few days later I called at her office to tell her that conditions were unchanged. I remarked again that I was not unhappy, believing that my state of thought was that typified by Paul when he said, "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair." To this she replied, "But you said you were not unhappy when you first came here," implying that she was expecting more than mere fortitude. It occurred to me then with some surprise and awakening hope that she really expected healing, and that, I am sure, was the first impression made, the first opening of my consciousness to the light of Truth, which led me out of bondage. After a few more weeks of work in Christian Science, good began to unfold and has been continuing to this day.

It would be impossible to tell of the joy and great gratitude I feel when I remember the healing which Science has brought to me with reference to some human characteristics. I had prayed over these traits for many years, but with such limited improvement that I despaired of ever being free. At a time when I was desirous of improving human relationships and asked the help of a Christian Science practitioner, my thought became so spontaneously kind, gentle, and compassionate that I marveled. It did not occur to me at the time that it was or could be a permanent state of thought, but the improvement continued until there dawned upon me the joyous realization that I was healed. And what joy! No healing, however great, can excel this healing, for truly, "Love is the fulfilling of the law."

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