Testimony of Healing April 14, 1973 Issue

When I was a young girl, my mother was quite ill one evening

Emma S. Hamilton with contributions from Ellsworth C. Hamilton

When I was a young girl, my mother was quite ill one evening. I can remember saying the Lord's Prayer over and over to myself as I stood in her room. In just a few minutes she was better. I knew nothing about Christian Science but felt that the prayer had a great deal to do with her recovery. It was several years later when I began to study Christian Science that I understood the healing power of this prayer Christ Jesus gave his disciples.

Christian Science was introduced into our home when we were a young married couple. My husband received a very quick healing of dysentery after calling a Christian Science practitioner whose name we found listed in a copy of The Christian Science Journal a relative of his had left in our home. We eagerly accepted what we read in the textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, and many healings took place.

One morning I awakened very early with an earache. As I could not think clearly, a practitioner was called. She came to our home, and after a few moments she started softly saying Mrs. Eddy's beautiful hymn, "O gentle presence, peace and joy and power" (Christian Science Hymnal, No. 207). She repeated about two lines, and it was as if a knife lanced the ear, and all pain ceased.

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