I was brought up in Christian Science,...

Ruth Tegtmeyer

I was brought up in Christian Science, and over many years I have experienced healings and protection in many phases and trials of human experience.

One of my earliest physical healings was that of a felon which had threatened to prevent my playing the piano in an important concert scheduled for two weeks later. With a faithful practitioner's help and in spite of the anxiety of many of those connected with the concert, the finger was normal within a week, and the technique of that hand had improved more than if I had been practicing for hours with it every day.

Within less than an hour every vestige of a severe cold, with complications, disappeared following a call at noon to a Christian Science practitioner. When I said that I did not think that I could stay with my work at the office, his gentle rebuke was, "Why not stay with the work instead of with the cold?" My response to that remark was joyous laughter, and the healing came almost immediately. One of my co-workers, amazed at the transition, said that she had expected me to be at home in bed for several days instead of working late that day and being completely free, as I obviously was.

I was protected in an automobile accident when the car in which I was riding turned completely over and then landed upside down. As the car started to leave the road, the thought came, "There is no place to go outside of God's loving care." All five occupants of the car left it without a scratch, and the damage to the car was slight.

Three years ago I apparently broke some bones in my ankle and foot. I decided to rely wholly on God for healing and asked a practitioner to give me treatment. Progress was somewhat slow, but my study was rewarding. In two weeks I was at the office with a cane, and in about a month I walked normally and played the organ in church.

Much spiritual growth was experienced in this period. Fear had to be cast out, resentment about business affairs healed, and anxiety about a dear one replaced with trust in God. I can never be grateful enough for the devotion of the practitioner, for the friends who so lovingly helped me, and for the encouragement given to me even by those who do not share my religious beliefs.

Through the help of Christian Science I have progressed in my business career and filled a responsible position not usually given to a woman.

However, I am most grateful for the daily evidences of good, for some progress toward silencing self-will, destroying fear, and finding my true spiritual selfhood, and for the inward sunshine of joy that Christian Science gives its students. I am grateful for the loyal, active workers in the Christian Science movement, which Mrs. Eddy established on the rock of Truth and with the inspiration of Love; and I am grateful to know that Principle is governing all.—(Miss) Ruth Tegtmeyer, Washington, District of Columbia.

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