Testimony of Healing May 19, 1951 Issue

One day as I was leaving the...

Florence L. Kauffman

One day as I was leaving the house, I caught the heel of my shoe and fell backward against the sharp edges of a flight of brick steps. I apparently injured my back, for there was much pain, and later I was conscious that I did not have full control of one leg. My husband, who was not a Christian Scientist at that time, said that he would call in a spine specialist the next morning, but that I could have a Christian Science practitioner to help me during the night. By morning I had regained complete control of the leg, and the metaphysical help received was so evident that he was satisfied to have me continue with Christian Science.

When I rang up the practitioner to thank her and ask her to continue treatment, because the back condition was still very painful, she reminded me that for years I had continuously called upon her services and urged that I take this opportunity to use my own understanding. She said that if I were on a desert island I would be forced to turn directly to God. Why not do it now? I hardly appreciated this at the time, but complied, knowing that if I was to be my own practitioner, I could not afford to come down even once to the suggestions of mortal mind. Like Nehemiah. I started to build my wall, constantly exchanging old bricks of character for new and better ones, and, following in the footsteps of Mrs. Eddy, I devoted myself to the search of the Scriptures.

Much time was spent in studying the Bible, and great unfoldment resulted. It was at this time that I began to see creation as recorded in the first chapter of Genesis as spiritual unfoldment rather than as evenings and mornings. The desire to share this unfoldment and many others later resulted in my joining a branch church and in teaching in the Sunday School. One day mortal mind became aggressive. It admitted that I was making progress, but suggested I was not engaging in any of the physical activities I ordinarily enjoyed. Furthermore, if no material means were used, Christian Science would be blamed if the healing were deferred.

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