Testimony of Healing May 22, 1954 Issue

Although I have witnessed many...

Rachael Tanner NeSmith

Although I have witnessed many healings through relying completely on the truths of Christian Science, I did not come to this Science for healing. I wanted to know more about God, and I wanted to know about Him in a way that I could understand as well as believe.

A heart ailment and tuberculosis had kept me from my place in the business world, as it was necessary for me to be in bed a great deal. Finally in desperation I asked God to guide me to the understanding I was seeking. It was then that a friend wrote to me asking me to visit her and to have Christian Science treatment. I did so. As there was no practitioner nearby, absent treatment was given; and I received my healing before I saw the practitioner. I am very grateful for this friend and for the help of the practitioner.

It was not, however, until the Second World War that I became an earnest student of Christian Science. My only son had gone into the service, and this seemed more than I could bear. When I asked for help and told the practitioner that my son had gone into the service, she immediately detected the error in my thought and asked, "Whose son did you say he is?" I replied, "My son." Lovingly she pointed out the great lesson in the Bible where it is reported that Jesus told Lazarus' loved ones (John 11:44), "Loose him, and let him go." My freedom from anxiety came very quickly.

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