It is with a great sense of gratitude to God and our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, that I am writing this testimony of many physical healings following an improved belief in, and a more spiritual understanding of, the allness of God and man's relationship to divine Principle, God. I am grateful for the privilege of giving to the world, through the pages of our periodicals, a glimpse of some of the blessings received by the study of our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy; hoping thereby to encourage some one else to share this great privilege of breaking bread with our brothers and sisters, wherever they may be. We are learning—slowly perhaps, but surely—that this is the same truth which Christ Jesus told the faithful Jews (so John records) would make them free, if they continued in his word. It is the same truth which Paul declared had made him free from the law of sin and death.
When a friend asked me—several years ago—to study the Christian Science Lesson-Sermon with her, I did not know that the teachings of Christian Science contained the recipe for all my needs. According to medical practice, only a few weeks were allowed me on earth,—the death sentence had been passed. The diagnosis was ulceration of the stomach and bowels, with many complications, all judged to be incurable. With the study of this one lesson these ills were destroyed, and they have never returned. Thus we learn the truth of our Leader's statement (Science and Health, p. 444); "Step by step will those who trust Him find that 'God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.'"
I am grateful for some progress in the activities required before one can go up higher. One of these steps for which I am most grateful is to own, and to study daily, all of our Leader's writings. My gratitude for the Manual of The Mother Church cannot be expressed in words. If we follow the advice given therein, and "take the inspired Word of the Bible as our sufficient guide to eternal Life" (p. 15), we can have no cause for discouragement on our journey from sense to Soul.—Oklahoma City, Okla.
