Testimony of Healing December 5, 1953 Issue

I have found so much help in...

Connie Gardner

I have found so much help in reading the testimonies of healing in the Christian Science periodicals that I should like to express my gratitude by sharing with others the wonderful proofs of God's care that I have experienced.

While I was in high school I awoke one morning to find my legs were paralyzed. My parents called a practitioner, whose loving help was a great comfort. In compliance with the law we had to report the case to the city health department, and that evening a doctor came to see me. He said that I had polio and should be taken to the hospital immediately. My parents, however, said they wanted me to remain at home; so we were placed under quarantine. The practitioner continued to work, and my family and I sang Mrs. Eddy's hymns and tried to cling to the thought (Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, p. 14), "Become conscious for a single moment that Life and intelligence are purely spiritual,—neither in nor of matter,—and the body will then utter no complaints."

The third morning, as I lay in bed declaring the truth. I felt that God was telling me to get up and walk. I got out of bed and walked to the kitchen. Later that morning I was so joyous I was dancing.

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