Testimony of Healing August 30, 1947 Issue

In the fortieth Psalm we read...

Frances Bagnall

In the fortieth Psalm we read (verse 10), "I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation." One way whereby a Christian Scientist may declare God's faithfulness and salvation is through a testimony in our periodicals.

I became interested in this teaching because of the love expressed by one whom I knew to be a Christian Science practitioner. Although a child at that time, I knew from what I saw of her life and loving ministry that this religion must be a beautiful thing. This seed sown in my thought was to develop and spring forth later.

When I enrolled in college, I was accepted only with the provision that I take the regular four-year course in five years, as the medical authorities of the school did not consider me strong enough for the rather strenuous academic activity required. I felt that Christian Science could help me and I occasionally attended the Sunday School in our college town; but in the summer preceding my senior year a persistent and distressing bronchial difficulty necessitated a much more definite stand, and then I really turned to Science, asking for treatment from the practitioner whose good work I had observed. Not only did she help me to realize my physical freedom effectively and speedily, but she also showed me how to begin a real study of this great truth. I shall never forget the happy, uplifting hours in her quiet home, where I glimpsed the power and presence of our Father-Mother God and began to understand His care for me as one of His children.

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