Testimony of Healing August 16, 1969 ISSUE

The truth and lessons I have learned from my study of Christian Science...

Mabel Irene Johnson with contributions from Jewel Brandmark

The truth and lessons I have learned from my study of Christian Science and my love for it will ever be my guiding star of healing. It has given me a higher understanding of the Christ. I know it is through our obedience to the rules of Christian Science that we get our healing. Mrs. Eddy tells us in Science and Health (p. 183), "Obedience to Truth gives man power and strength." I had the opportunity to prove this.

Several years ago as I was walking to the sink after clearing the table of the breakfast dishes, I slipped and fell very hard. I saw that some water had been spilled on the floor. The first thought that came to me was "the scientific statement of being," which begins (Science and Health, p. 468), "There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter." I lay there pondering the whole of the statement.

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