Testimony of Healing October 8, 1955 Issue

Thirty years ago I was given a...

Clare Sydney Smith

Thirty years ago I was given a Sentinel to read. I knew at once that Christian Science was the practical religion I had always hoped to find. Throughout the years which have followed, the blessings I have received have been so many that it would be impossible to enumerate them. I should, however, like to put on record one or two experiences in the hope that they will be helpful to others.

Some years ago I had a mental breakdown. Instead of relying on Christian Science, I turned to medical aid. For two years I never slept without taking a strong drug. All desire to live was gone. Miserable, ill, and desperate, I was placed in nursing home, and I never expected to come out again. Four days after my entry there, a beloved friend, who was a Christian Science practitioner, sent me a Christmas card on which she had written, "Grow more conscious of your unity with infinite, everpresent Love—which is your Life—for this will bring to you peace, freedom, comfort, warmth, inspiration, and dominion, and enable you to feel eternally safe." This message completely broke the mesmerism of my condition and lifted my thought above it.

Although very weak and weighing only about eighty pounds, I dressed and took a long train journey home. Drugs were at once thrown away, and after several weeks of patient work by the practitioner and a struggle on my part, the healing was so complete that the difficulty faded like a dream.

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