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My parents, who knew very little about Christian Science, enrolled...
My parents, who knew very little about Christian Science, enrolled me as a young child in a Christian Science Sunday School. But within two years we moved to another part of the country where I was no longer able to attend Sunday School. In my tenth year a lung and bronchial condition developed, and my parents sought aid from a physician, who predicted that my health would decline with the years and that there was relatively little that medicine could offer.
In hope that fresh air and sunshine would be of benefit, I was sent away to the country for a few weeks. One day while resting in the sun, I reflected on some of my Sunday School teachings, recalling that I'd been taught that the sun symbolized God. On page 595 of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures Mrs. Eddy defines "sun" as "the symbol of Soul governing man,— of Truth, Life, and Love." Therefore, I reasoned, the material sun could have no curative power over man. However, the sunlight of Truth and Love is curative; its presence heals. "Christian Science brings to the body the sunlight of Truth, which invigorates and purifies" (ibid., p. 162). I knew that the "sunlight of Truth" was permeating my entire being, leaving no shadow or spot untouched by its healing rays. My healing was instantaneous and permanent.
I was soon able to return to Sunday School, and what I learned there built a firm foundation for my continuing growth in Science. This was a great protection against the many temptations that arose in a theatrical career.
My mother, too, wholeheartedly embraced Christian Science. We watched lack be replaced by abundance as we learned more of our dominion as children of God. Mother was healed of migraine, chronic constipation, and a sprained foot. A wart and a growth on her eye were removed through reliance on Christian Science alone.
One night, alone in a distant city, I awoke shaking violently with a fever. For several weeks I had been having these attacks, but that night the condition was alarming. I called a Christian Science practitioner for help. I felt the fever and its effect drop away as if a garment were being removed when she tenderly declared, "Your love and understanding of God are not shaky, are they!" I was completely and permanently healed at that moment.
Mrs. Eddy has given each of us, through the revelation of Christian Science, the ability to experience harmony, satisfaction, love, health, and peace here and now. Christian Science has blessed me boundlessly. Not the least of my blessings was class instruction. The spiritualization of thought gained from that instruction has never left me but has grown with the years. It has altered and purified my values, opening my thinking to the expectancy of continuous health and limitless progress. Above all, it has strengthened my understanding that good alone is supreme. On page 427 of Science and Health Mrs. Eddy says, "Immortal Mind, governing all, must be acknowledged as supreme in the physical realm, so-called, as well as in the spiritual." Words can only feebly express my gratitude for all that Christian Science has done for me and mine.
(Mrs.) Undine B. King, New York, New York
I should like to verify the foregoing testimony of my daughter. I am deeply grateful for the work being done in Christian Science Sunday Schools to teach our children the practical import of Jesus' life and make such healings as my daughter's possible.
We have been blessed superabundantly since taking up the study of Christian Science. God has supplied our every need in a manner beyond anything I could have imagined. My heart is filled with gratitude and love for dear Mrs. Eddy, who through her wonderful works has transformed my life from a drab, unhappy existence into one of joyous activity, affluence, peace, and love. I am grateful for class instruction; and I am especially grateful for the Bible, for Science and Health, and for our periodicals.
(Mrs.) Diana M. Brillisour
October 21, 1967 issue
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