Testimony of Healing December 2, 1950 Issue

About fifteen years ago I had my...

Beryl E. Smith

About fifteen years ago I had my first healing in Christian Science, and it was an instantaneous one. I had always believed in prayer, so this experience seemed natural. It was not until two years later, however, that I was called upon to prove for myself the rules of this Science. One of whom I was very fond was killed in an aeroplane crash, and at first it seemed as if my whole world had crumbled. Through the work of a devoted practitioner I was led to read passages in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and was instantaneously healed of my grief. I received such a deep sense of God's everpresent love and of His goodness that all feeling of separation vanished. This healing was so complete that when my mother passed on, eight years later, I experienced no sense of loss.

During World War II, I was residing in an outpost of the British Empire, and I wished to get to the mother country to offer my services in the war effort. My desire was an unselfish one, and it seemed right, so I asked a practitioner for help. To human appearances I contemplated a very risky thing, but as our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, tells us in the opening sentence of Science and Health (p. vii), "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings." I had very little money, and to get a passage at all seemed almost impossible; moreover, the Atlantic U-boat menace was at its height. I knew only one person in England, a single girl who had no home of her own, and I had no idea where I would live when I got there; also, I was informed that recruiting for the women's services had been closed.

Each individual claim was beautifully and completely met. Within six months I had the money I needed, and in three months from the time of applying, I obtained passage and set sail in convoy, which was heavily guarded and consisted of over sixty ships; but it was never even attacked. I was afterwards told by the stewardess that it was the first convoy in which she had been in recent months that had gotten through without incident. A week before I sailed, a friend who had been awaiting a passage was allotted one on the same ship; thus I was not only befriended for the voyage, but also provided with at least a temporary home at the other end. When I reached London, I was enrolled within thirty-six hours in the service of my choice. I should like to add that I had always been a bad sailor, but this claim was also met.

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