Testimony of Healing October 7, 1972 Issue

During World War II, while serving as a medical nurse, I suddenly...

Lula E. Thompson with contributions from Norman C. Thompson

During World War II, while serving as a medical nurse, I suddenly became quite ill with a sense of mental depression. We sought the help of many well-known doctors and spent all we had. The last doctor I was referred to diagnosed my case as undulant fever. I was told several servicemen had returned from overseas with this same illness and there was no known cure. The doctor said, "There is nothing left for you but to try Christian Science."

I had witnessed several healings in Christian Science during my high school years, when I lived with a family in which the mother was a Christian Scientist. I had never investigated this Science. My husband had never heard of it, but granted my wish to visit a practitioner.

This practitioner sensed that my need was to know more of God and of man's true relationship to Him—of the great Physician and His goodness. She then asked me to borrow a copy of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy from a nearby Christian Science Reading Room, to read the Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly daily, and to attend the Sunday services in a branch church. This seemed a big order, but I felt that if I was to learn how this Science worked I must be obedient. I expressed some fear of not being able to sit through a one-hour service. All fear left me when the practitioner referred to a Bible verse, which reads in part (Rom. 8:31), "If God be for us, who can be against us?" I was immediately aware of God's closeness and helping hand.