In Science and Health Mrs. Eddy affirms that divine healing is "an essential element of Christianity." Speaking to critics of Christian Science, she writes: "Is it error which is restoring an essential element of Christianity,—namely, apostolic, divine healing? No; it is the Science of Christianity which is restoring it, and is the light shining in darkness, which the darkness comprehends not."Science and Health, p. 347.
At Wednesday testimony meetings in Churches of Christ, Scientist, those attending bear public witness to the present-day demonstrations around the world of this "essential element of Christianity."
Sometimes we fail to realize the importance of attending the Wednesday testimony meetings. Why shouldn't they be just as significant as the Sunday services? If one attended only the latter and not the former, one would not receive the full spiritual nourishment of Church as provided by Mrs. Eddy. One would also be neglecting a substantial portion of one's responsibility as a Christian Scientist to support one's Church. To put it simply, we might say that the Sunday services focus on a specific Lesson-SermonFound in the Christian Science Quarterly. composed of healing truths. The Wednesday meetings, which include readings from the Bible and from Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, emphasize the fruition and proof of what Christian Science teaches.
