Testimony of Healing July 20, 1981 Issue

Soon after my arrival to attend a summer session at a midwestern...

FLORENCE PAULINE KLINE

Soon after my arrival to attend a summer session at a midwestern college, I fell down a flight of rough stone steps, striking my head on the walk below. I was in a group taking a tour of the campus, but I was able to assure them that I was all right. However, by the time we reached the next building, I was feeling dizzy and a little weak. While the others browsed through the rooms, I remained in the hall and rested. There was a temptation to believe that my skull might have been fractured, something that had happened to a younger brother many years earlier. At that moment a passage from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mrs. Eddy came to mind (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." This statement dispelled the fear of head injury, and my head never bothered me again.

Still, my left arm became useless and quite painful. That night, when the pain seemed almost unbearable, I recalled a verse from one of Mrs. Eddy's poems, "Christ My Refuge" (Poems, p. 12):

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