Testimony of Healing November 7, 1994 Issue

More than twenty years ago I was encouraged to explore...

Forrest M. Rishel

More than twenty years ago I was encouraged to explore Christian Science. The more I inquired, attended church, and read articles in Christian Science literature, the more convinced I became that, at last, here was the way for me to follow in.

Then an instantaneous healing proved to me the rightness of this path I had chosen. While on a car trip, my wife and I stopped to visit her daughter, whose home was located in an old western town. This town had been constructed to accommodate the horse and carriage era, with very high curbs and a hitching post in front of each house.

After our visit, as we were returning to the car, I stepped off the curb and my foot folded under. I felt much tearing and severe pain in my foot and ankle. I placed my hands on my knees to brace myself, and immediately began to repeat and ponder "the scientific statement of being" (found on page 468 of Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy). I had read of many instances where this had been done in times of great personal trial or injury. Waves of blackness tried to overcome me, but I kept repeating aloud, though softly, the words of the statement.

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