Testimony of Healing September 2, 1972 Issue

Two summers ago I worked in Indiana cornfields detasseling...

Vicki L. Tarnow

Two summers ago I worked in Indiana cornfields detasseling corn. As this was my first time working outdoors, I depended on advice and help from other workers. My first day on the job, I was told I would not need my hat until afternoon, so I left it on the bus and went into the field bareheaded. Around eleven thirty in the morning I felt the top of my head become hot. The summer before I had had an experience I did not handle with prayer, and I fainted from exposure to the sun. This seemed to me to be the first sign of a recurring experience. I passed through another stage with the thought: "Oh, great! I'm going to faint right here in the middle of a cornfield." My uncorrected thinking led me to one error after another, until my vision became very bright, similar to an overexposed photo.

Suddenly the thought occurred to me that, as a Christian Scientist, I could do something about this untrue situation. I mentally grabbed for the nearest truth, which was a line from a hymn in the Christian Science Hymnal (No. 2): "A glorious day is dawning." The next thoughts I had were lines from another hymn (No. 52): "Eternal Mind the Potter is," and "Man is the noblest work of God." These few words made me feel close to God and aware of my true state as God's beloved idea. My immediate crisis was over, and I asked to be excused from detasseling the next row. This gave me several minutes to continue my truthful thinking. In moments my healing was complete.

I have been raised in Christian Science, but not until I saw the film issued by The Mother Church "But What Can I Do?" did I become really interested in its study and application. This healing proved to me the ever-presence of Mind, Principle, and I am very glad that I entered college with a firmer understanding of the Truth that heals.

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