Testimony of Healing December 9, 1944 Issue

Christian Science came to me...

Ida P. Wolcott

Christian Science came to me at a time when everything seemed useless and I was in great physical distress. A maid in my home, noting that I had tried every other remedy, mentioned that Christian Science might help me. I recalled that a neighbor was a Christian Scientist, and I asked the maid to call her in, which she did. After I had unloaded my troubles before her, my neighbor calmly replied, "God knows nothing about all this." Startled, I asked, "What does Christian Science teach God to be?" My friend left me and returned shortly with a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and said I could borrow it.

I started to study this precious book immediately, for I was most anxious to understand God as this dear, calm person had explained Him to me. Next I started regularly to attend Christian Science church services.

Shortly thereafter I enrolled my young son in the Sunday school. For this privilege alone I am deeply grateful. Today he is in the armed forces, serving overseas as the pilot of a bomber. His letters are an inspiration. They express his gratitude for Christian Science, and relate how his understanding of its teachings is sustaining him and his crew on missions. He recently wrote that on the first bomb released from his ship the crew had inscribed, "With malice toward no man." This boy is sincerely grateful for his Sunday school experience and to all who lovingly helped him prepare for the present world challenge. His Christmas letter to us contained the prayer that all mankind would be awakened to the understanding of God that saves and heals.

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