Testimony of Healing February 16, 1963 Issue

To the hungry heart the presentation...

Elizabeth H. Ryder

To the hungry heart the presentation, and then the unfoldment, of the truths of Christian Science provide a holy experience. My introduction to them came when, after I had spent some fruitless months under a doctor's care for a nervous breakdown, an acquaintance loaned me a lecture on Christian Science. It had been given by a member of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship and printed in The Christian Science Monitor. As I studied it, I experienced a complete healing. I also learned from it of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy and of the Christian Science Reading Rooms, where this book can be read, borrowed, or purchased.

Soon I had all Mrs. Eddy's writings, and most of my free time for the next year and a half was spent studying and questioning the contents of these books. As I read, I had many doubts; but I was impelled to continue until finally the evidence was such that I knew Christian Science did heal although my understanding of its teachings was very vague. Prior to this I had been under a physician's care most of the time and had been considered rather frail.

As I read and prayed to understand what I was reading, changes gradually began to take place. I slept naturally, and chronic indigestion, heavy colds, pleurisy, bursitis, and, finally, the desire for cigarettes just faded away, not to return. Later on, for an asthmatic condition, I requested the help of a Christian Science practitioner and was healed.

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