Testimony of Healing January 15, 1979 Issue

I have had Christian Science in my life since I was a small...

Althea A. Whiteside

I have had Christian Science in my life since I was a small child. My parents were not Scientists, but my eldest sister had become interested through a neighbor. Because of the healings she had, our parents let her take us three younger children to the Christian Science Sunday School. Thereafter, when an illness or a so-called children's disease, such as measles, chicken pox, or whooping cough, threatened, the condition was healed through the prayer of a practitioner, or through our sister's own clear understanding of spiritual truth.

Shortly after my graduation from college, I was stricken with alarming symptoms. A former medical nurse who had become a Scientist was called to care for me. (She later told me she felt the condition to be a ruptured appendix.) When the suffering was intense, she assured me that God never made illness, so my true nature could not suffer from it. I was reminded that our loving Father-Mother God was ever with me—that I was His very expression, and so there was nothing to fear. It was tempting to believe a lie about God's perfect child. But with the nurse's competent care and the prayer of a practitioner, I was completely healed.

How thankful I am for Mrs. Eddy's priceless gift to the world, Christian Science, and to be a recipient of this healing Christ, Truth!

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