Testimony of Healing June 7, 1952 Issue

For the countless ways in which...

Nancy Babcock Mount with contributions from John Robert Mount, Elaine Fielder Babcock

For the countless ways in which Christian Science has blessed me during my entire life, I can never adequately express my gratitude. I am very grateful for the Christian Science Sunday School, which I attended for eighteen years, and for a wise mother, who early saw the importance of encouraging me to do my own metaphysical work.

When I was a small child playing in a vacant lot one Saturday, I stepped into a hole occupied by a nest of yellow jackets. The insects attacked me: there were hornets in my clothing and shoes. I was stung from head to toe, and my eyes were almost closed with the swelling. My mother, after talking to me of Love and instilling in me a feeling of love for all God's creatures, and explaining that I had unintentionally destroyed the home of the hornets, sent me to my room with my own copy of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. I read familiar passages, and in a short time, although the evidence was not entirely gone, I went outside to play again with the other children. The next day I went to Sunday School, and there was no mark to show that I had gone through this experience.

When I was just out of high school I spent a year in a foreign country, living with relatives who were not Christian Scientists. This was my first experience far from home, with no parent to turn to in time of need. A fall from a bicycle caused an injury which presented a very unlovely picture of a badly swollen and discolored leg. The knee was also swollen, and I suffered extreme pain in walking. The only person who saw my injury urged me to see a doctor, but I said that I could take care of it; and this I did by turning wholeheartedly to God, without anyone else being aware of the condition. The next morning I was able to walk a long way to fulfill an obligation, and needless to say, I have never had any recurrence of the trouble.

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