Testimony of Healing October 25, 1947 Issue

Christian Science came to me at...

Elizabeth M. Hammaker with contributions from Maud Alice Batchelor

Christian Science came to me at the time of my greatest need. In the spring of 1930 I was wandering in the wilderness of materiality and pleasure in matter: I was unhappy, dissatisfied, and seeking for something, I knew not what. Then our only child, a son over fifteen years of age, was killed in an accident at a boys' camp. I was completely prostrated; he had been my closest companion and a great joy, for he had a beautiful character.

An attendant at a Christian Science church gave my name to the distribution committee, and I received some literature, I had always read a great deal, but now I found I could not read anything but this literature, I read and read. A neighbor who was a Christian Scientist took me to the church, and I am grateful to say that I have never willingly missed a service since that time. This dear friend and neighbor lent me a copy of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and I carried it to Bermuda, where my husband took me, and I read it over and over. I then bought the textbook and subscribed for the periodicals.

My healing was slow, but I was sustained by my study and soon was expressing more harmony and joy. The time came when I could no longer recall the date of the tragedy, and I knew I was healed. The words, "Sorrow has its reward. It never leaves us where it found us," on page 66 of the textbook have been proved in my experience.

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