It has been my privilege to read many testimonies of...

Amy M. Elliott

It has been my privilege to read many testimonies of healing in our periodicals since earnestly taking up the study of Christian Science. These testimonies have been of increasing value to me, and I am glad of an opportunity to acknowledge many benefits received.

In Science and Health Mrs. Eddy tells us (pp. 142, 143), "Truth is God's remedy for error of every kind, and Truth destroys only what is untrue." My first healing in Christian Science has always been remembered with much appreciation and gratitude because of the quick relief experienced from a nervous condition for which I was endeavoring to find a remedy. While I was in great distress mentally and physically, suffering from nervous indigestion, Christian Science was presented to me. Believing that what I ate was the direct cause of the suffering, I had eliminated most solid food from my diet. I was not able to sleep at night, and was very much afraid of being left alone, or to go out on the street alone. The doctor upon whom I relied told me he could not help me to any appreciable extent with medicine. He advised, however, that I keep as cheerful as possible and try to forget myself, but did not volunteer any instructions as to how the keeping cheerful was to be accomplished. I became very much discouraged and began to feel that there was no way to turn for relief from the problem. But there was a way and that way was opened to me through Christian Science.

I soon learned that it was not material food that needed to be eliminated from my diet but false material thinking from my consciousness. Discouragement needed to be replaced with courage, and more faith in good had to be realized; and this in turn brought more of the desired peace of mind and body. This improved way of thinking was made possible and practicable through the study of Christian Science. As more light was gained the man of God's creating, spiritual and not material, began to be revealed to me. One by one the various phases of discord yielded to the truth.

Since that time I have experienced other physical healings through the application of Christian Science, among which was a case of pleurisy. One afternoon while closing the door of our car I unknowingly slammed it shut on one of my fingers. The pain was intense at first, but the words of spiritual truth spoken to me by my husband lifted my thought completely above the accident to where I could realize complete freedom.

One day in summer while I was on an outing with some friends, a baseball suddenly struck me with great force in one of my eyes. I could not see out of the eye for some time and many fearful suggestions tried to make me believe the condition might prove a very serious one. Work was taken up immediately for me by a member of my family who was present, and fears regarding the situation were denied and destroyed. I knew my part of the demonstration was to realize that error had not one bit of power to harm. In a couple of hours the sight had become normal and I was able to take the journey home, some forty miles. Many of those present were Christian Scientists, and I am sure the love expressed to me was a great support and helped to bring out a beautiful and complete healing. With the exception of a slight discoloration I was practically free the next morning and went on with my duties at the office where I am employed.

I am grateful for the constant regeneration and spiritual uplifting I have gained through relying on the healing power of Truth, and for the privilege of serving the Cause of Christian Science in a branch church. I am also grateful for membership in The Mother Church and for class instruction. Christian Science has been indeed to me the "unspeakable gift" spoken of in the Bible.

(Mrs.) Amy M. Elliott, East Orange, New Jersey.

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