My healings in Christian Science...

Anne H. Goodwin

My healings in Christian Science have been many, and I should like to relate two particularly strengthening experiences. One was the healing of an uncontrollable and violent temper. In fact, at one time my husband was tempted to have me committed to an institution, because he felt I was bordering on insanity.

A testimony I heard in a Church of Christ, Scientist, uncovered the mesmeric belief which had held me in bondage for years. The testifier had been striving to overcome migraine headaches, but they did not yield until it was uncovered that his mother had always associated him with migraine headaches and told his wife that he had had them since childhood. That was all I needed to hear. I realized that my family had associated me with a bad temper since my babyhood; they said I was my father's daughter and had his temper.

In the light of Christian Science this unfoldment came: "Yes, I am my Father's daughter. His pure and perfect offspring, the reflection of pure and perfect Mind, God. Since there is only one Father, one Mother, God, good, there can be no dangerous inheritances." My healing came, and it was complete. That was ten years ago, and the healing has been permanent.

One time I became quite ill while going home on a bus. As I got off, the pain grew so severe that I fell to the ground. Pretty soon a crowd gathered around. Two policemen, who had been passing by in a patrol car, stopped and wanted to get an ambulance in which to take me to the hospital. However, I asked them to please take me to an address which I gave them and which was that of a Christian Science practitioner.

God's loving, protecting care was with me, because the policemen took me there and said to the practitioner, "You had better take care of her; she needs help right away." They were assured I would be cared for.

Only one thing the practitioner said penetrated my consciousness. It was this: "Just think of how much God loves you." He kept assuring and reassuring me of God's love, and before long I felt a sense of peace, beautiful beyond description. I knew I was in the presence of the Christ, Truth. Within an hour and a half I was on my way home, free.

While my heart is overflowing with gratitude for physical healings, including those of arthritis, chest colds, and coughs, my greatest healing was that of transformation of character. There are no words to describe the feeling of spiritual peace and beauty that can be known only through the purification of thought.

My testimony would not be complete without expressing sincere and humble gratitude to our Father-Mother God for our gentle way-shower, Christ Jesus, and for our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy, whose unselfed love gave us a demonstrable religion. Membership in The Mother Church and a branch church and class instruction have been means for growth in my passage from sense to Soul.—(Mrs.) Anne H. Goodwin, Brooklyn, New York.

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