Testimony of Healing July 3, 2000 Issue

A lifetime of spiritual healing

Ruth S.Allen

When I was twelve, I became seriously ill and was not able to retain any nourishment for two weeks. A Christian Science practitioner was praying for me during this period, however. I talked daily with this dear practitioner and would frequently sit up in bed and sing two of the hymns with words by Mary Baker Eddy—hymns that I loved (and still do!). They begin, "Shepherd, show me how to go . . ." and, "O gentle presence . . ." (see Christian Science Hymnal, Nos. 304, 207).

After two weeks, it appeared that I was not any better, and my dad, who was not a Christian Scientist at the time, insisted that I be taken to a doctor. This doctor had an aunt who was a Christian Scientist and was very interested in what he was learning about it. The practitioner asked me if I wanted to have medical help; I answered no, that God would heal me.

When I reached the doctor's office, I immediately was relieved of a fluid-like obstruction. I had been given nothing by the doctor to have caused this. The doctor told my mother that we didn't need his services—that we had turned to the great Physician before we had come to him. He told my mother to take me home and feed me. The healing was immediate and permanent. There was no recuperation period. The next day I walked one and a half miles into town and back with my friends. I never felt so joyful and full of Strength. And I relished eating again!

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