Testimony of Healing June 30, 1973 Issue

In Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures Mary Baker Eddy...

Laura Begley

In Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures Mary Baker Eddy says (p. 14): "Become conscious for a single moment that Life and intelligence are purely spiritual,—neither in nor of matter, —and the body will then utter no complaints. If suffering from a belief in sickness, you will find yourself suddenly well." And that was my first experience in Christian Science. It happened this way.

For about six months I had suffered from what was diagnosed as a heart condition, and from the fear of death. I had read and reread the four Gospels, trying to find some clue to Jesus' healings, but had failed. Then a sister-in-law, who was a student of Christian Science, made a special effort to come some distance to see me. She told me I could be cured in Christian Science, which heals the way Jesus healed. She told me something about it, and I liked to hear her talk but did not understand it.

Since there was not a Christian Science practitioner in the town, she went to see the First Reader of the branch Church of Christ, Scientist. He said he would come to see me if I wanted him to, but I would not have it. When my sister-in-law returned home, she sent me a subscription to the Sentinel for three months. Then one Sunday the First Reader and his wife stopped at the door on their way home from church and left a copy of Science and Health, The Christian Science Journal, and the biography of Mrs. Eddy by Sibyl Wilbur. I read some of the literature and felt better while reading, even though I did not understand it. The word "truth" came up so often, and in absolute frustration I thought like Pilate, "What is truth?" (John 18:38.) I gave up the struggle and went back to despair.

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