Testimony of Healing April 20, 1963 Issue

Christian Science had been...

Katherine M. Altermatt

Christian Science had been the only religion and physician in our home for years before my birth, and I grew up a faithful attendant at a Christian Science Sunday School. However, I become deeply disturbed and unhappy: feelings of inferiority made me a very unlovely person with few friends, and I began to escape more and more into dreams of success.

Although I had usually been good in studies, fear and lack of reliance on the one Mind caused near failure in the practice teaching required at the end of my college course. I seemed also to be a failure in the application of the teachings of Christian Science and unreceptive to the prayers of others. Hence my first teaching position was a very unhappy situation and was lost after a few months.

The weeks following my dismissal were filled with periods of darkness and despair, but I turned frequently to the Christian Science periodicals, which our Leader so wisely provided for our use. At first I seldom grasped much of what I read; but a single phrase or sentence would stand out and bring me a measure of peace. I seemed to know little beyond the letter of Christian Science; but as I began to desire to learn, my thought began gradually to awaken to the truth. The first sign of progress was the harmonizing of relationships with a critical landlady by my acknowledging that the situation needed to be healed rather than endured.

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