Approximately in the middle...

Mary Margaret Yost

Approximately in the middle of the 1940's, while vacationing, I was suddenly stricken with deafness in one ear, accompanied by much discomfort in the head. I was deaf to the extent that I was unable to hear anyone speaking to me from one side or to gauge my voice so that I could speak properly to anyone.

For a few days the condition continued, and although I studied the textbook by our Leader and applied its truths to the best of my ability, relief did not come.

At the lodge where I was staying I saw a Christian Science practitioner whom I knew, and I asked her if she would give me treatment that night. This she willingly did, and I was grateful, for it gave me the rest that I so much needed. But in the morning I knew the work was for me to do; so I discontinued having help from her and again set to work earnestly.

Shortly thereafter I retired early one evening very much exhausted and alarmed by the condition and feeling that I had done all I could do. I turned to God with a deep sense of humility and asked Him to guide me. My prayer was answered, for quickly to my thought came, "Page 214." I recognized it as direction to page 214 of our textbook; so I arose quickly and turned to that page.

Among the many helpful thoughts given there are these: "If the medium of hearing is wholly spiritual, it is normal and indestructible"; and, "Neither age nor accident can interfere with the senses of Soul, and there are no other real senses."

For some time I pondered these truths until I saw them clearly, and although the physical difficulty had not disappeared, I gained my peace of mind and felt confident that the work was done. That night I had more rest than I had experienced for several nights, and in the morning when I awoke I was free. A short while after that the error tried to reappear a few times; but when I stood firm in the truths I had learned, the victory was won, and the healing has remained permanent.

In our Leader's words (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 275), "Father, we thank Thee that Thy light and Thy love reach earth, open the prison to them that are bound, console the innocent, and throw wide the gates of heaven." Can we be grateful enough for Mrs. Eddy, through whom God's light and God's love have come to this age?—(Miss) Mary Margaret Yost, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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