Testimony of Healing April 6, 1981 Issue

My introduction to Christian Science brought...

BETTIE GRAY HOUSE

My introduction to Christian Science brought dramatic proof of God's sovereign power to touch any human condition and effect healing and reformation, which provide evidence of immortal Life. For several months I had been morbidly observing the development of an internal disorder that I feared was a malignancy. Unable to eat enough to maintain strength and weight, fatigued and irritable, I was torn between the temptation to commit suicide and an intense feeling of responsiblity for my two small children. I was too frightened to seek medical attention, assuming that the expense of tests would be great and that my worst fears would only be confirmed. I did not know how to pray, and I concluded that God had long since deserted His creation as hopeless. Still, there was a feeling that somehow God could not be as bad as I supposed.

I had been raised in an orthodox Protestant church that I had not attended for over a decade. Although I'd heard of Christian Science, I knew nothing about it. Now I felt impelled to go to the public library and see if there were any books explaining its theology. This I did on a Saturday, and I found Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. I checked the book out but put it aside until the following Tuesday night.

At that time my three-year-old son complained of feeling ill. After putting him to bed, I turned to Science and Health and read a testimony in the chapter entitled "Fruitage." It told of a three-year-old's healing of a dislocated shoulder after the child's mother had read aloud to her from Science and Health (see pp. 636-637). When I retired that night I had found a book of vital interest and gained a measure of peace concerning my son.

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