I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude for all that the study of...

Nancy Smartt

I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude for all that the study of Christian Science has done for me. For seven years the truths of the Bible together with those of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy have been my only physician, counselor, and way of life.

Before I knew of Christian Science, I suffered from a displaced disk in the neck and was under medical care. Various kinds of treatment were given me, but to no avail. Also, arthritis was beginning to affect my joints, especially in the fingers. This to me was serious, for I was a pianist.

A few weeks previously a copy of Science and Health had been given to my mother. Then one day she presented a copy to me with these words: "This is the best present you will ever receive." Indeed I have proved those words to be true. Within days of my starting to study the textbook, the physical conditions vanished from my thought, therefore from my body; but it was many months before I realized that I had been healed.

Another healing which has always stood out to me was that of a lump on my body. After I discovered it, I experienced no doubt or fear at any time. The lump had no reality to me; I felt only a sweet peace. Within a few hours after I discovered the lump, an incision appeared in it and it began to drain. This continued for two days until I realized that because bad cannot come from good, God, the one creator, there was actually nothing bad to come away. Within one hour, on going to change the dressing, I noticed that the whole matter had completely healed up. The daily study of the Lesson-Sermon from the Quarterly brought about this healing.

One evening the family car was stolen from outside a place that we were visiting. For two days we did not hear anything of its being found. On the second night I was led to study these words from Science and Health (p. 544): "All is under the control of the one Mind, even God." The next afternoon the car was discovered, and we gratefully saw it returned.

For these proofs of God's protective truth, I am indeed grateful.

Teaching in Sunday School is a priceless joy, as is also membership in The Mother Church and in a branch church. For Christ Jesus, our Way-shower, and for Mrs. Eddy, who through Science and Health has revealed to us man's complete at-one-ment with God, I give thanks most humbly to God.

(Mrs.) Nancy Smartt, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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