Testimony of Healing July 31, 1989 Issue

When my brothers and sister and I were very young, my mother...

Allison H. Demarkles with contributions from Alta C. Terry

When my brothers and sister and I were very young, my mother turned to the teachings of Christian Science specifically for better care in raising us after medical care had proved to be unsatisfactory. She had been healed in Christian Science during childhood and had attended a Christian Science Sunday School. But it was not until we children were of Sunday School age that she took up the study and practice of this teaching.

I am so happy to have been brought up as a student of Christian Science. When I was about twelve years old, I went through a period of being afraid to leave home. It seemed that all other surroundings made me feel ill, nervous, and unsure. I missed about two weeks of school. Each time it was the same. Half an hour after being dropped off, I wound up in the nurse's office, calling for a ride home. At one time the prospect of going downtown with a neighborhood friend terrified me. Another instance occurred when my mother took me to a movie. Five minutes after the picture began I knew I couldn't stay; we went home.

There was clearly a need for healing, and my mother called a Christian Science practitioner. (My father agreed to our having prayerful help in Science.) I learned that the source of my real, spiritual being was and is God alone. In Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy we read (p. 519): "Deity was satisfied with His work. How could He be otherwise, since the spiritual creation was the outgrowth, the emanation, of His infinite self-containment and immortal wisdom?"

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