Testimony of Healing February 9, 1987 Issue

It is with heartfelt joy and gratitude that I submit this long-overdue...

Lorraine Maynard

It is with heartfelt joy and gratitude that I submit this long-overdue testimony.

When I was a small child my mother suffered from asthma and hay fever. A neighbor, aware of my mother's plight, offered her some Christian Science literature, which she read. Afterward Mother disposed of her medicines and visited a Christian Science practitioner, who agreed to pray for her. She also began to study the weekly Bible Lessons in the Christian Science Quarterly. Mother told me in later years that during this period of healing she worked especially with the words of Hymn No. 218 in the Christian Science Hymnal. The last stanza of this loved hymn begins: "The freer step, the fuller breath." Eventually Mother was completely healed. I attended a Christian Science Sunday School after that. Though I went only occasionally, I felt that Christian Science was the truth. Through the years, whenever I found myself in need, I would attend services at a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, and sometimes on Wednesday I would go to the weekly testimony meeting. I was always benefited.

I was married at an early age, but this marriage ended in divorce. I was then faced with the responsibility of supporting and caring for my small daughter and myself. It was then that I turned wholeheartedly to the study of Christian Science, for I knew it would meet my needs. There were challenges, many and varied—in caring for my daughter, finding a place for us to live, and finding employment. But all of these needs were met as I turned to God.

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