Have you ever attended a Wednesday evening testimony meeting in a Church of Christ, Scientist, and longed with all your heart to stand up and express gratitude for a healing, only to find yourself chained to your seat by stage fright? If so, don't give up. Be of good cheer. You can do it!
Christian Science, which solved a problem for you in the first place, can solve this problem too. Examining the basis for testimonies of healing reveals a motive of gratitude strong enough to compel us to rise above whatever we may believe keeps us seated when we'd love to be on our feet praising God and thanking Him for Christian Science.
In a By-Law in the Manual of The Mother Church by Mrs. Eddy is the statement: "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)."Man., Art. VIII, Sect. 24; Yet some loyal Christian Scientists may go year after year without giving a testimony because they believe they are unable to do so.
