It is six years since a testimony...

Eveline Kate Rittrshaus

It is six years since a testimony of mine appeared in the Sentinel, and I desire to express gratitude for the continued happiness and improved health that this religion, practiced by Christ Jesus and discovered and given to the world by Mary Baker Eddy, has brought to me.

About eighteen months ago, when I was first appointed assistant librarian in a Christian Science Reading Room, a previous physical difficulty became aggravated. It was a painful growth, and before becoming a Christian Scientist I had been obliged to have a similar lump, diagnosed as a tumor, removed by surgery. From time to time over the years I had had help from Christian Science practitioners for this second growth. Each time the swelling would diminish, but it would not disappear because my fear of it was never quite healed.

This time I got down to work in an endeavor to spiritualize my thought, and I was given much help by a practitioner. During the following weeks, although the growth seemed to be getting larger, I was able to attend to my duties in the Reading Room each day. Indeed, it was only when in the Reading Room, with my thought turned away from self, that I was free from pain.

I slept very little, and one night, when I was earnestly praying, the statement that there is no power apart from God came to me very clearly. I accepted it as a message from Him. The temptation to have medical treatment had been coming to me. Now I declared to myself: "I will not go to a hospital. If necessary I shall obtain the needed funds and fly to Britain to a Christian Science nursing home." I then fell asleep.

The following morning I found the growth perforated and discharging. It dwindled and gradually disappeared. The complete healing took about three weeks, during which time I did my best to keep my thought pure. This is a healing for which I am increasingly grateful.

My appreciation of membership in The Mother Church and in a branch church, of class instruction, and of our consecrated practitioners is unbounded. My wish is to become of more use to our organization and to obey the Master's command (John 21: 17), "Feed my sheep."—(Mrs.) Eveline Kate Rittrshaus, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.

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