At the outset of my experiences...

Ola B. Sander

At the outset of my experiences in Christian Science I thought that I was not being good enough to be known as a Christian Scientist, and therefore that I should wait before I applied for church membership or testified of the benefits of Christian Science.

Upon voicing this thought to a friend, I was told that church membership afforded one excellent opportunity in which to grow spiritually. This proved to be so, and for a good many years I have had many blessings through the activity of church membership. Mrs. Eddy's definition of "Church" in Science and Health is in part (p. 583), "The structure of Truth and Love; whatever rests upon and proceeds front divine Principle." It has been proved in my experience that divine Principle, which is God, does heal. It is ever in operation for good, and I know there is spiritual healing for all who earnestly seek it.

One day while I was eating, an inch-long bone became lodged in my throat. There was much coughing and choking in an effort to dislodge it, but with no apparent results. I was at the home of a friend who was not a Christian Scientist. She urged me to go to a doctor to have the bone removed, but I declined lovingly, saving that I would rather go home. Upon arriving there. I tried again to dislodge the bone, but to no avail. Then I decided to call a Christian Science practitioner for help. He assured me that there is no obstruction in divine Mind, and a most wonderful sense of freedom filled my consciousness. The practitioner gave me some references to study; and as I walked away from the telephone there was a flooding in my throat and the bone became dislodged without an physical effort on my part. It was painless, and a perfect demonstration of the law of divine Mind in operation. God is good.

Another healing was brought about by the power of the truth voiced in II Corinthians (3:17), which reads, "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." I was suffering from a severe attack of influenza; and after four or five days of working for myself I appeared to be getting worse, and fear of pneumonia was expressed by those near me. Along with this, another in my household had apparently been benefited by taking some highly recommended pills for this same ailment, and the suggestion was strong that the pills were there for the taking. How subtly mortal mind argues! I got out of bed to get the pills, but as I reached the hallway I felt a power not my own lead me to the breakfast room, where the Bible and Science and Health lay on a table. I opened the Bible at random, and the only thing that I saw on the page was, "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty." The words seemed to rise from the page and to declare the eternal truth of man's freedom. As I stood there, pondering what I had read, I realized that in liberty there is no inharmonious condition. I was instantaneously healed and walked out of the room free.

God is truly good to all; His Word heals.—(Mrs.) Ola B. Sander, San Gabriel, California.

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