Testimony of Healing February 2, 1974 Issue

In the story of Eutychus we learn that a fall, even though seemingly...

Linda Taylor Howe

In the story of Eutychus we learn that a fall, even though seemingly fatal, can never harm the man of God's creation (see Acts 20:7-12). Eutychus fell asleep, fell from the third loft, and "was taken up dead." But Paul restored the young man to life, saying, "Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him."

The knowledge that God's idea, man, is never harmed brought a wonderful healing to our family of the effects of a fall. When our older daughter was less than two years old, she fell from a grocery cart, striking her head on a shelf and again on the floor. As I picked her up, she seemed to be drifting in and out of consciousness. I carried her to the car, telling her that God loved her and would not let anything hurt her, a simple truth the dear child had already learned. All the way home I declared out loud to myself, to her, and to the other children with us many truths of man's true identity as the idea of God.

It was about fifteen minutes before I could telephone a Christian Science practitioner for prayerful help, during which time the child had stopped moaning and begun to sleep. Fear of her sleeping instead of remaining alert, and other erroneous thoughts, came so strongly to me that I could hardly think. The practitioner told me to read the story of Eutychus and also study Hymn No. 53 from the Christian Science Hymnal. This hymn begins with the words:

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