For a number of years I have been a student of Christian Science, but as my interest was not occasioned by physical healing I have only recently realized that it is not only my duty but a privilege to testify through the periodicals to the benefits derived from the study of this teaching. When I ask myself, "What benefits have you derived?" I am overwhelmed with the number and the magnitude of them. My first interest was aroused because it gave promise of a God who is not the author of sin, sickness, and death, but One a right understanding of whom does destroy this triad of errors. Through years of service in an orthodox church I had come to have great faith in prayer and to believe if one prayed "nothing doubting" he would receive an answer, and I had experienced some practical proofs of this. This faith led me to Christian Science, and not until then did I even dream that evil is not real, and that there is a rule by which to prove its unreality. Through the application of this rule I have been healed physically, morally, and financially.
Physically I have been freed from chronic sick headaches experienced since childhood and believed to be inherited. Every few months I was subject to severe colds, frequently losing time from my work, but for the past six years I have been practically free from any sense of cold, or if troubled it has been overcome very quickly with no loss of time and very little inconvenience. Last winter I awoke one morning with all the extreme symptoms of influenza, including chills, fever, congested lungs, and very severe pain in the head and back. We did not call a practitioner but my husband remained at home working for me. We had a dinner engagement for the next evening and knew this was an opportunity to prove the allness of God in destroying sickness. The following day the fever was gone, but I was still very weak and suffering considerably. This condition continued until about four o'clock, when it seemed I would be compelled to cancel the engagement. I knew, however, that it was only an illusion of sense testimony and I could and would be given the ability to act normally. I knew it was right to be free, and that where sickness seemed to be, God and His Christ were, untouched by material belief. I knew God was my Mind and I could know about myself only what He knew, and as He knew neither sin, disease, nor death they could not come into my experience. Maintaining this fact, I arose and dressed, and by six o'clock was free from all pain and ready to go. I walked six blocks, ate a normal dinner, returned home about midnight in a driving storm of rain and sleet, and felt no ill effects whatever. In a day or two all weakness had disappeared and I was entirely normal. I am grateful for this truth, which heals quickly and without fail.
Morally I have been healed of much. A quick temper has been largely overcome; a selfish and moody disposition is giving place to happiness, contentment, and an unselfish love for mankind; a sensitive, critical nature cost me many heartaches, but I rejoice that through this truth I am finding man as God's creation, hence perfect, and as Mrs. Eddy says in "Miscellaneous Writings" (p. 224), "Nothing short of our own errors should offend us." Fear, worry, and sin are being eliminated, and my life is being regenerated.
