That the understanding of God, as taught in Christian Science, does heal, I wish to bear grateful testimony. The truth of Mrs. Eddy's statement, "The divine Love, which made harmless the poisonous viper, which delivered men from the boiling oil, from the fiery furnace, from the jaws of the lion, can heal the sick in every age and triumph over sin and death," found on page 243 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," was proved for me in a large measure, when, in 1918, while I was standing before an open fire, the flame caught my dress. I sustained a very severe burn before friends reached me.
From childhood I had depended upon Christian Science treatment, but I had never studied and applied this truth for myself to any extent. However, in this extremity I repeated the Lord's Prayer and such passages from Science and Health as came to my thought. I feel that I owe it to these words of Truth, and to the confidence in God which they brought to me, that my rescue from the flames was accomplished without any blundering on the part of or injury to those helping me.
A loving friend and Christian Science practitioner began work for me at once. I experienced a quick and complete healing, much to the surprise of those who looked for serious complications and a long confinement. There were no complications or after effects. There is no memory of suffering. I continued to attend church and to call upon a practitioner for help when needed, without taking any active part in the Christian Science movement, until the inharmony of mortal sense caused me to begin the daily study of the Bible Lessons given in the Christian Science Quarterly, and to read the authorized literature. Since beginning to study for myself I have become more receptive to help given me, and have learned to work for myself.
