Often, the editors get questions about the level of detail appropriate to share in our testimony sections in the magazines. How much is too much description? How much is too little? Let’s first take a look at what Mary Baker Eddy’s Church Manual has to say about testimonies. You’ll find this on page 47:
“Testimonials. Sect. 24.
‘Glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s’ (St. Paul). Testimony in regard to the healing of the sick is highly important. More than a mere rehearsal of blessings, it scales the pinnacle of praise and illustrates the demonstration of Christ, ‘who healeth all thy diseases’ (Psalm 103:3). This testimony, however, shall not include a description of symptoms or of suffering, though the generic name of the disease may be indicated. This By-Law applies to testimonials which appear in the periodicals and to those which are given at the Wednesday evening meeting.”
