Testimony of Healing March 19, 1977 Issue

I have been a Christian Scientist all my life and am very grateful...

Helen L. Brown

I have been a Christian Scientist all my life and am very grateful for the health and happiness this divine Science brings to those who study and practice it.

About fifteen years ago I had a healing of an illness that had been bothering me for many months. As long as there was no pain and it was not too noticeable, I gave the condition little attention. But as a growth in my stomach became larger and began to attract attention, I had to pray earnestly. At this time I was very unhappy over a personal situation which affected the joy I had always had at work.

I contacted a Christian Science practitioner who later became my teacher, and she began prayerful treatment. During this period I gave a great deal of time to study and looked up all the references on the subject of harmony in the Concordances to the Bible and Mary Baker Eddy's writings. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mrs. Eddy was always close by, and I picked it up often. Some helpful statements were (p. 261), "Look away from the body into Truth and Love, the Principle of all happiness, harmony, and immortality"; and (p. 408), "Every sort of sickness is error,—that is, sickness is loss of harmony"; and (p. 407), "Let the perfect model be present in your thoughts instead of its demoralized opposite." I also enjoyed reading the hymns in the Christian Science Hymnal—especially No. 144. The first verse reads:

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