Testimony of Healing April 6, 1974 ISSUE

I am grateful that my mother knew of Christian Science before...

Fraynie M. Gedney

I am grateful that my mother knew of Christian Science before her marriage through a healing of her sister. Although we were unable to attend Sunday School very often as children, her example in living her religion helped cement my interest. I had many healings during childhood including one of what appeared to be appendicitis.

But I feel the most gratitude for a healing of trench mouth when I was just out of high school. During World War II I was working at a naval station where there were several cases of trench mouth. I did not understand the importance of defending my thinking. I remember worrying about contracting the disease, and I did. As the symptoms became more pronounced, I became increasingly fearful until one evening, after my mother had called the Christian Science practitioner who was treating me, I was instantly changed from a fearful, depressed teen-ager to a relieved and joyous one. I felt as if a tremendous weight had been lifted from me. It was through no work of my own but through the practitioner's clear thought, as well as my mother's loving support, that I was healed. The physical symptoms disappeared in a few days. Throughout college life and early years of my marriage this healing steadied and directed me. Whenever I was in a questioning mood or discouraged I would realize that this healing could not have taken place unless the spiritual ideas Christian Science reveals were true and effective.

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