Six years ago, through the reading...

Frances Stevens Weston

Six years ago, through the reading of an article in the Christian Science Sentinel, I was instantaneously healed of the desire to smoke. This healing was effortless and came with the realization that matter cannot give man poise.

I shall always be grateful for the truth voiced by a Christian Scientist at a time when I was very fearful and in a distressing physical condition. After a Wednesday evening testimony meeting, I purchased some Christian Science literature and walked away, leaving my change. The woman in charge said, "Oh, you must take what is coming to you." I stood very still and thought of all I had coming to me as a child of God: all good, health, harmony, joy, protection, and dominion. Within a few minutes I was introduced to a practitioner who patiently helped me claim the inheritance of which Mary Baker Eddy speaks on page 307 of "Miscellaneous Writings": "What a glorious inheritance is given to us through the understanding of omnipresent Love! More we cannot ask: more we do not want: more we cannot have. This sweet assurance is the 'Peace, be still' to all human fears, to suffering of every sort."

During a rehearsal one afternoon before a recording engagement, I was unable to speak above a whisper. Had I given in to the temptation to believe I should have to cancel the engagement, it would have meant a great loss of time and money to the sponsor. I called a practitioner for a Christian Science treatment. The following morning I was able to sing, and made several recordings.

One night just before retiring I pulled a triple socket out of the wall without noticing that a lighted lamp was still attached. There was flash and the wires attached to the socket exploded in my hand. I immediately repeated "the scientific statement of being" (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mrs. Eddy, p. 468), wrapped a towel around my hand without looking at it, and went into the other room to continue my mental work. The pain was intense and it was necessary to use all that I understood of the mental might of Truth. In about ten minutes it was just as though something had turned off the pain, and I was able to fall asleep.

In the morning I awoke without any sense of pain and could use my hand without discomfort. It healed quickly without the usual stages of soreness and blistering, and as the burn was on the inside of the hand, no one noticed it until it was nearly healed. When washing, I noticed the hand was very black and burned, but it healed without leaving a sign of a scar. This proof of God's nearness and that His Word is "quick, and powerful" was a very valuable lesson to me.

Until I was twenty years old, I had the precious privilege of attending the Sunday school. I was enrolled as a regular pupil, but often my profession took me to other cities. I was always able to attend the Sunday schools as a visiting pupil wherever I was. Thus I never felt lonely or strange and I have always felt this was a great protection. My family was not interested in Christian Science, but my aunt was a student and took me to the Sunday school. I continued to attend the Christian Science Sunday School "on my own," because so much love was expressed. There I learned that God is good and His creation perfect.

My family and I have been blessed in many ways through the understanding of Christian Science I gained in Sunday school, from the lectures, literature, the church services, practitioners, and from the study of the Lesson-Sermons.

Victor Hugo once wrote:

Be like the bird which on frail branches balanced
A moment sits and sings;
He feels them tremble, but he sings unshaken,
Knowing that he has wings.

I am increasingly grateful to our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy, for my "wings," and I thank God for Christian Science.—(Mrs.) Frances Stevens Weston, New York, New York.

Send a comment to the editors

NEXT IN THIS ISSUE

Testimony of Healing

I have been interested in Christian Science...

August 11, 1945

Contents

We'd love to hear from you!

Easily submit your testimonies, articles, and poems online.

Submit