Because I know many a heart...

Erma R. Hall

Because I know many a heart is aching over the loss of a loved one, I should like to acknowledge and give thanks for a healing of grief which I experienced over fourteen years ago.

When our little boy was two and a half Years old, my husband and I were anxiously awaiting the arrival of another child, but this baby did not live; then in another year we had a little girl who lived only five days.

Because of this loss, I was so bowed down with grief that I had times of deep depression when the love of my husband and little son meant nothing to me. I felt as though a dark blanket had been thrown around me which I could not lift. This agony persisted for seven years. Time was not healing my sorrow. I even entertained thoughts of self-destruction at times, my grief was so tenacious!

And then I visited a Christian Science practitioner who told me she had been healed of grief when her husband passed on. This I could hardly believe. I visited the practitioner only twice, and I started to feel happy again. The times of depression vanished.

This was nothing short of a miracle to mortal sense. It was through the practitioner's unselfed love that she could perceive me as actually a child of God, expressing the peace that Jesus meant when he said (John 14:27), "My peace I give unto you."

And so, for these many years now, I have been able to express peace and joy and God-given freedom. Because of this healing, I have become a grateful student of Christian Science and have had the blessed privilege of class instruction.

Words are inadequate to express my deep gratitude and love for God, for Christ Jesus, our Way-shower, and for Mrs. Eddy and her discovery of the wonderful Science of Christianity, of which Hymn No. 29 in the Christian Science Hymnal says, "Sin it kills and grief it heals."—(Mrs.) Erma R. Hall, Long Beach, California.

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