Testimony of Healing April 12, 1975 Issue

"Stand up and bless the Lord your God...

Olive M. Vaughan

"Stand up and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever" (Neh. 9:5). There are many reasons for me to stand up and bless the Lord. I think chief among these is the privilege of having attended a Christian Science Sunday School for ten years. Through the study and application of Christian Science I have lived a happy, healthy, and harmonious life.

This testimony is given in the hope that it will give comfort and courage to someone whose healing seems to be delayed. For many years I suffered from high blood pressure. This did not bother me very often, but each year when I went for the medical checkup required by law for those in the teaching profession, I was told that my blood pressure was very high, and dire results were predicted if I did not submit to medication.

Instead, from time to time, I asked a dear friend to help me work this problem out through prayer in Christian Science. One passage she recommended that I study, and which was very helpful, is found on pages 373 and 374 of Science and Health, where Mrs. Eddy says: "When the blood rushes madly through the veins or languidly creeps along its frozen channels, we call these conditions disease. This is a misconception. Mortal mind is producing the propulsion or the languor, and we prove this to be so when by mental means the circulation is changed, and returns to that standard which mortal mind has decided upon as essential for health."

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