In acknowledgement of the numerous blessings which I...

Hilda I. Palmer

In acknowledgement of the numerous blessings which I have received through the study and application of Christian Science I send this testimony of healing.

At a time when the way seemed very dark, when all that meant human happiness to me had almost without warning been swept away and my faith had begun to waver, while error whispered that this indeed was something which Christian Science could not meet my eyes fell upon these words in "Miscellaneous Writings" (p. 5): "The healing power is Truth and Love, and these do not fail in the greatest emergencies." With renewed faith I was enabled to press forward, and I can now rejoice because the truth of those words has been demonstrated in my own experience.

Through the loving and faithful help of a practitioner and the application of my own understanding of Christian Science I was able to prove that, as Mrs. Eddy tells us on page 57 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," "Happiness is spiritual, born of Truth and Love." I now have peace and joy which far exceed that which I thought I had lost. I am able to rejoice in the knowledge that man can never be homeless, because "in him [God] we live, and move, and have our being." Work opened up for me in which I had had no previous experience, and in the doing of which I was able to be of great service to many others who needed help and love; tasks which I should previously have considered myself neither mentally equipped nor physically strong enough to undertake I have been able to perform happily and harmoniusly in the knowledge that Love enfolds and protects me and that my strength is spiritual and not physical, remembering our Leader's words in Science and Health (p. 385), "Whatever it is your duty to do, you can do without harm to yourself."

I have proved again and again that when we keep the goal of Spirit always before us our demonstrations are made; it is when the goal of ease in matter is before us that our problems seem heavy and difficult to solve.

I should like to tell of a healing which occurred two years ago. For two or three years I had been engaged in work which necessitated very close attention, and the suggestion was often made that I should injure my sight if I continued working for so many consecutive hours. I must have unconsciously accepted the lie, for I began to have great difficulty with my sight, and eventually my eyes became so painful and inflamed that I was never without an intense headache and it became difficult to carry on my work. At this point I felt I ought to ask a practitioner to give me treatment, as I did not seem to be meeting the trouble with my own understanding; and then I began to question myself as to whether I had done all that could be done. In searching my thought I found that while declaring that sight is spiritual I was almost unconsciously looking for the healing of material eyes. I saw that I must look away from matter to Spirit, knowing that the spiritual is the only real. I realized that sight being spiritual my work was to develop spiritual understanding and vision. I then and there reconsecrated my thinking and determined to strive more earnestly to know only God, Mind, and His idea. A few days later, while busy at my work, I discovered that I could see perfectly. There was no inflammation or headache; and I could not remember when these ceased, so completely had the difficulty dropped from my consciousness.

Every day brings some fresh proof of the healing power of Truth. I am grateful to have gained a deeper appreciation of our Leader's work and of her selfless life of consecration to God, which enabled her to reveal this great truth to humanity. My heart goes out to God in gratitude for all the channels down through the ages, including those of our present day, through which the healing streams of Love so freely flow.—(Mrs.) Hilda I. Palmer, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.

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