Testimony of Healing April 27, 1981 Issue

Christian Science entered my life soon after the First World War...

HILDEGARDE BALMAIN

Christian Science entered my life soon after the First World War. I was nineteen and enjoyed a year of Christian Science Sunday School. During that year, while in the countryside with friends, I suddenly realized I was sitting in a patch of poison ivy. Before this I'd suffered a severe reaction to the plant. But now, using my new-found understanding of Science, I denied that it had power to harm me. I affirmed that "God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good" (Gen. 1:31). This meant that there had never been a provision for poison in God's perfect creation. No evidence of ivy poisoning developed on my body. And years later, on two occasions, I handled the plant while gardening, with no ill effects.

Another time, while I was trying force a window open, my hand smashed through the glass and my wrist bled profusely. I called a practitioner and told her I might have severed a vein. I also mentioned there was a large open wound in the wrist. She assured me she would pray for me. The bleeding stopped, and the wound knitted together nicely. A few days later a visiting relative, who was a doctor, noticed my wrist and remarked, "My, that's a fine piece of surgery you have there. Who was the surgeon?" How grateful I was to tell him it was God alone.

One Sunday I received an insect bite on my foot. On Monday I could not wear my shoe. The following day the swelling had spread, and the leg was discolored. Fearing blood poisoning, I called a Christian Science practitioner to pray for me. I was given some helpful citations to study from Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. By next morning the swelling and discoloration were completely gone, and I was free.

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