Testimony of Healing July 31, 1976 Issue

I shall always be grateful that I had the wonderful opportunity...

Joycelyn Virginia Wilson

I shall always be grateful that I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a Christian Science Sunday School from an early age. The basic truths I learned there have sustained and helped me all my life.

After I was married, I drifted away from Science until one day I became ill. I awakened early one morning with pain in my side. Because of a busy work and social schedule that week, I didn't deny the error. This condition continued for several days, when a loved relative showed concern. I was then awakened to the need to stand up for what I believed, and I called a Christian Science practitioner for treatment.

I was told to study "the scientific statement of being," which begins (Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, p. 468), "There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter." I realized that there was no substance or truth in the pain I was feeling, and the fear left.

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