Testimony of Healing August 6, 1949 Issue

No words can express what Mrs. Eddy's...

Emily Olive Williams with contributions from Bessie R. Cairns

No words can express what Mrs. Eddy's writings, particularly Science and Health, have been and still are to me. For many years I have turned to her writings as friends and have always found unfailing comfort, assurance, and courage to go forward. I have known the unspeakable blessings of instantaneous removal of difficulties and wonderful guidance, but I am especially grateful for the regeneration which has taken place in my experience. Through the study of Christian Science I have learned to become a better citizen and a useful member of society.

Difficulties resulting from loneliness and a deep sense of being unwanted from early childhood have been replaced by enduring and joyous friendships and the restoration of right relationships. Unreliability and lack of courage and of faith in myself have vanished, and in their place I have found trust in Truth and faith in good. Impatience and other faults of character are gradually being exchanged for a clearer perception of Love's allness and supremacy. The truths contained in Science and Health and the promises in the Bible have proved present for me whenever I have faithfully turned to them.

A physical healing, which I did not understand at the time, but which made a tremendous impression upon me, occurred seventeen years ago when I was healed in a few days of a severely poisoned arm. A few years later I developed acute stomach trouble. For about three weeks I could take only the lightest liquids, and even these caused much distress. The condition got worse, and then an attack of influenza frightened me; so I sought the help of a practitioner. Most unexpected and happy arrangements were made for my care; in three days I could eat normally; and within the week I was up, quite free and well. This experience taught me many things, and I began to realize that our Father-Mother God not only supplies our needs, but does it abundantly, above and beyond anything we can plan or imagine.

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