Testimony of Healing May 8, 1976 Issue

Christian Science had been called to my attention over the years...

Elaine Tierney

Christian Science had been called to my attention over the years, but believing it to be a healing cult, I never followed up on the recommendations I'd been given. However, while I was employed as an airline stewardess, a Christian Scientist was transferred to the base where I was stationed. I asked her to tell me about Christian Science. She pointed out that it was a religion, and I was referred to Science and Health with, Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy for answers to my questions.

In a church I attended I'd seen literature that denounced Christian Science. So I was quite reluctant to read Science and Health. But I deeply yearned to know God, to be aware of His omnipotence in my present experience.

Mrs. Eddy assures her readers that God rewards righteous desire. She also says (Science and Health, p. 1), "Desire is prayer; and no loss can occur from trusting God with our desires, that they may be moulded and exalted before they take form in words and in deeds." So it proved to be in my case. Science and Health began at once to answer my many questions on atonement, resurrection, the Trinity, and the Holy Ghost. I saw that these are not mysteries of religion, as I had been led to accept, but present demonstrable truths essential to my understanding of my relationship with my Father-Mother God. This realization and acknowledgment brought about a healing of the need to wear reading glasses.

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