Testimony of Healing July 18, 1983 Issue

I first heard of Christian Science in 1923, in Egypt, where my...

MARY CARTER with contributions from ENID CARTER

I first heard of Christian Science in 1923, in Egypt, where my family had taken refuge after the revolution in Russia. My life style had become very restricted. My mother and I had found work, and we shared a small room in a pension. Fortunately, we both knew English. I had parted with all formal religion. But I held on hard to the Lord's Prayer, "the prayer of Soul," as Mrs. Eddy calls it in the textbook, Science and Health (p. 14): "The Lord's Prayer is the prayer of Soul, not of material sense."

I met an Englishman and his sister, who had been brought up in Christian Science. They introduced me to this teaching. The Christian Science textbook was lent to me, and I endeavored to understand it. There ensued a sharp struggle with intellectual pride.

Only when humility entered my heart and I prayed, "Father, show me if this is true, and show me if it is not," was I able to grasp some of the spiritual truths the book contained. But presently my eyes were opened, and the light of Truth poured in, as streams of water over parched land.

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