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Mrs. Eddy states in Science and Health...

From the April 1962 issue of The Christian Science Journal


Mrs. Eddy states in Science and Health (p. 167), "Only through radical reliance on Truth can scientific healing power be realized." I should like to relate an experience in which a physical healing was brought about through my decision to place "radical reliance on Truth."

I had attended the Christian Science Sunday School for ten years but had never had to use Science myself to heal a physical difficulty. During my junior year in college, there was an epidemic of a virus infection of the feet. When I first heard of this, I merely thought, "That is only error and cannot harm me." But I did not establish thoroughly in my thought the truths of Christian Science, which are the basis of man's immunity from evil, and soon I noticed the symptoms of the infection on one of my feet. I was frightened because I had heard that the condition could have serious results if not cured.

As the months passed, I grew more and more afraid, and the condition became quite painful. I had told no one else about it, and although I had often thought of calling a Christian Science practitioner for help, I felt embarrassed to do so. I had never had occasion to call one, and being away from home I did not even know whom to call. The thought of resorting to medical treatment also came to me, but I was reluctant to do this because it was contrary to the teachings of Christian Science, which I had grown to love. I could not decide which method to use.

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