Testimony of Healing November 12, 1979 Issue

I came home early from work one day, suffering from influenza

SUSAN A. CORY

I came home early from work one day, suffering from influenza. My head hurt intensely. All I wanted at that moment was sleep and rest. As I lay down, I reached for Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy to find a helpful idea that I could ponder before drifting off to sleep. This was the passage I found (p. 428): "Man's privilege at this supreme moment is to prove the words of our Master: 'If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.'" This sentence hit me like a bolt and I sat up exclaiming," 'Man's privilege at this supreme moment...'"! There was obviously much more at stake than I realized. The line was drawn, and the mental battle was on.

The paragraph continues: "To divest thought of false trusts and material evidences in order that the spiritual facts of being may appear,—this is the great attainment by means of which we shall sweep away the false and give place to the true. Thus we may establish in truth the temple, or body, 'whose builder and maker is God.'"

Could I possibly consider this situation a privilege, or be able to think of it as a "supreme moment"? I looked longingly at my pillow and remembered Mrs. Eddy's words (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 118), "Be of good cheer; the warfare with one's self is grand; it gives one plenty of employment, and the divine Principle worketh with you,— and obedience crowns persistent effort with everlasting victory."

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