Testimony of Healing October 10, 1959 Issue

When I was a child, the whole...

May Beck

When I was a child, the whole family—father, mother, and four children—were attacked by what is known as typhoid-pneumonia. Mother had been studying Christian Science for only a short time; but because she had been healed by it of neuralgia, lack of strength in general, and other difficulties, she and my father decided to trust Christian Science alone for help. The others recovered quickly, but I did not respond so readily. For a few weeks I could not even speak and was not able to care for myself at all.

The neighbors, friends, and relatives condemned my parents severely, even threatening them with tarring and feathering. Articles appeared in the newspapers suggesting that the law should be resorted to in order to compel them to employ a physician, for otherwise I could not possibly live; and even if I should live, I would always be a cripple and would be mentally deficient.

Nothing daunted, my parents refused to give up Christian Science treatment, which was being given by a dear friend of the family. Mother read and talked to me of man's real selfhood as the image and likeness of God, as taught in Christian Science; and as soon as I was able to speak, she insisted upon my repeating the Lord's Prayer and "the scientific statement of being" (Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 468) and other passages from the Bible and from Science and Health. Our Christian Science friends came to see us often, giving support and encouragement.

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