Testimony of Healing August 31, 1929 Issue

The testimonies in the Sentinel have been of such inexpressible...

Bertha May Hembling

The testimonies in the Sentinel have been of such inexpressible benefit to me that I feel the urge to add my bit. Blessed with health from childhood, I was led to become interested in Christian Science through attending the services with a friend. Gradually I grew to enjoy the simple services more than those of the church of which I became a member at the tender age of fifteen years, primarily because my sister was a member.

My first experience of healing was through the aid of a Christian Science practitioner. I had had a tooth crowned and the after effect was similar to a toothache: my face swelled until my eye was closed, and the dull pain kept me awake until one o'clock in the morning. A Christian Science practitioner in the building was called, and within twenty minutes I was fast asleep. When I arose that morning my face was normal, and no more pain was experienced. In 1915, while in Florida, I experienced a severe case of dysentery, and being unable to overcome it myself, I wired to a practitioner in Chicago, and within a few hours received relief. I also had much help for tender feet from which I suffered for many years.

The crowning demonstration was my great awakening in the spring of 1922. After a number of years of treatment at various times (sometimes constantly for months), I experienced a joyous freedom from all depression and worry, and felt as though I had taken on a new lease of life. I had been suffering from a peculiar mental state that I could not shake off; the loss in weight was from one hundred and forty pounds to ninety-nine pounds, and I had nearly forgotten how to smile. I was under the impression that I could do nothing as well as anyone else, and dreaded to attempt anything new for fear I could not accomplish it. It was a lethargic condition which seemed to grow worse, and I took no interest in anything. In fact, it was so pronounced and insistent that I longed to get away from myself and everyone else,—to slip away from this plane of existence,—as I thought I was a bore to all my friends and those with whom I came in contact. The kind practitioner, when I would talk so discouragingly of my case, would say, "You are getting better, and you will be better, better than you have ever been in your life." And I am grateful to say I am. I have been full of joy ever since that blessed demonstration. "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so."—(Miss) Bertha May Hembling, Los Angeles, California.

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