Testimony of Healing January 2, 1989 Issue

God's healing power was first evident to my family more than...

Constance Stilwell

God's healing power was first evident to my family more than seventy years ago. I have been told that Mother had been sent home from the hospital with the expectation that she would soon die. Her premature baby boy, delivered in the hospital, also was expected to expire. Mother had double pneumonia, and the tiny infant was given medication steadily.

A kindly neighbor, who had been healed in Christian Science, took a copy of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy to my mother, offering the assurance that it could heal. Mother's first reading of the book did not have any noticeable effect, but when she read the book again, she was able to understand and use some of the spiritual truths she was reading.

Mother desired to rely wholly on God for healing. From that time on, mother and baby made great strides forward. Mother became an active branch church member and was later able to help others through prayer in Christian Science. My little brother grew to manhood and has several children and grandchildren. As we read in Science and Health (p. 266), "... 'man's extremity is God's opportunity.'"

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