Testimony of Healing November 3, 1980 Issue

Written acknowledgment of the healing power of...

DOROTHY STEFANY VILLOCH

Written acknowledgment of the healing power of Christian Science in my life is long overdue. In 1963 my father and I were vacationing in Hawaii when I experienced a severe fall that literally flattened my nose against my cheek. At the time I remember thinking that mortal mind would argue that the injury was serious, but I immediately rejected such a belief.

Right at that moment there were workmen about to return to the cottage where we were staying, so I went into a bedroom and began vehemently to affirm the truth of God's, Spirit's, perfection and of my indissoluble unity with that perfection as God's child. I think I understood then more clearly than I ever had before what Mary Baker Eddy means when she admonishes us in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (p. 392): "Stand porter at the door of thought. Admitting only such conclusions as you wish realized in bodily results, you will control yourself harmoniously." When the workmen left, I telephoned a Christian Science practitioner for his support through prayer.

My father, having heard the fall, accepted my assurances (through the bedroom door) that I was all right. He became alarmed, however, when he found my broken eyeglasses on the floor and insisted that I allow him to help me.

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