The importance of taking my stand for Christian Science was...

Ethel A. Thompson

The importance of taking my stand for Christian Science was brought to me rather forcibly recently. Because of a fall at the office where I work, I was taken to a hospital for X rays and was told I had a fractured hip. The doctor told me that they would have to operate the next morning to put in steel pins and I would have to be in a cast for three months or more.

As soon as I could think clearly, I knew that this was not what I wanted. I knew that steel pins and plaster casts were no part of God's perfect creation. I knew that I would have to take a definite stand for Christian Science.

Turning to God in prayer brought me such a feeling of release that I was freed from any sense of fear or pain. I started repeating every statement I could remember from the Bible and from Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. I repeated the "Daily Prayer" from the Manual of The Mother Church by Mrs. Eddy and "the scientific statement of being" from Science and Health many times during the night. The prayer by Mrs. Eddy reads (Art. VIII, Sect. 4): "'Thy kingdom come;' let the reign of divine Truth, Life, and Love be established in me, and rule out of me all sin; and may Thy Word enrich the affections of all mankind, and govern them!" The answer to the question (p. 468), "What is the scientific statement of being?" includes these words: "Spirit is God, and man is His image and likeness. Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual." I concentrated on replacing any claims of surgery with divine Truth.

The next morning the practitioner and my husband came, and we asked the doctor for a release from the hospital, knowing that divine Love was in complete control. I was taken to a Christian Science sanatorium. There, with the loving care of all the staff, together with the continued treatment of the practitioner, my progress was most encouraging. In three days I was able to help care for myself in my room. Within a week I was having my meals in the dining room with the other guests. In two weeks' time I walked out of the sanatorium to my car and was brought home.

In less than six weeks' time after the accident I was back at my work, walking normally and doing my daily work without any difficulty. The knowledge that "God is my strength" (II Sam. 22:33) was a wonderful help to me. About ten weeks after the accident the insurance company for my office and the Workmen's Compensation Board requested a final X ray. I went to the same doctor who had X-rayed me previously, and he kept telling me, "I am amazed, just amazed!" He also said, "And you looked me right in the eye and told me that you didn't need the operation, and I did not believe you."

This experience has meant a great deal to me. I am grateful for the encouragement of my husband and the loving assurances the practitioner gave me of God's control, for these kept me on the right path and helped me prove that divine Love does meet our every need.

(Mrs.) Ethel A. Thompson
Portland, Oregon

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