Testimony of Healing January 28, 1961 Issue

I am sincerely grateful for all the...

Elsie B. Cunningham

I am sincerely grateful for all the lessons I have learned, as well as for the many healings I have received, in Christian Science. I was brought up in a Christian Science family, and many of my early healings came easily because of my receptivity to this wonderful truth. However, after I became an adult, I found it necessary to grow in my own understanding and application of this Science before I could demonstrate it for myself.

One of the healings for which I am grateful occurred several years ago. My husband and I were preparing to leave for a city where we were to receive the priceless privilege of class instruction. The night previous to our leaving I had moved a large and heavily packed traveling case across the room. For many years I had suffered from a discomfort in my back if I lifted something that was too heavy or lifted anything when I stood in an awkward position.

I had not been alert to apply the truths of Christian Science to this susceptibility, and I awakened to a sense of discord the next morning. I hurriedly prepared for our departure and, in getting breakfast, lifted a full kettle off the stove. Something gave way in my back, and I was unable to stand erect. With difficulty I placed the kettle back on the stove and walked into the den, my thoughts full of fear, pain, and self-pity. I picked up Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy and read (p. 160): "The motion of the arm is no more dependent upon the direction of mortal mind, than are the organic action and secretion of the viscera. When this so-called mind quits the body, the heart becomes as torpid as the hand."

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