Testimonies of Healing

Some years after I had had class instruction in Christian Science, I began to realize that periods of depression, which I had undergone at regular intervals through much of my life, were examples of animal magnetism . This is a term Christian Science uses to describe the nature of evil, which often appears aggressive and very real.

One healing that has meant much to me occurred while I was on an outing to the city with a group of Sunday School students. I had misjudged the drop of a curbing and badly sprained an ankle.

When I was the tender age of three months, a wonderful family took me into their home and their hearts. My birth mother had arranged to board me there.

We live on the coast of Western Australia, quite a distance from the nearest Christian Science branch church in Perth, of which I am a member. One very hot Sunday my husband and I decided to attend the evening service, as it would be cooler for travelling by then.

Last Thanksgiving my family and I went for a hike near Granite Falls. After we had walked about a half-mile, I felt my knees were hurting quite a lot.

I remember that a favorite expression of one of my Sunday School teachers was "Keep prayed up!" That meant that one needed to pray all the time, not just for help when having troubles. We learned that such constant prayer would enable us to solve problems that might arise.

From my youth and well into womanhood I suffered from timidity and self-consciousness. Much of this dropped away as I studied Christian Science, but I never completely faced up to the feelings, nor realized the importance of correcting error in my thought with spiritual truth, until the lesson came home to me in a very forceful way.

I am grateful for having been brought up attending a Christian Science Sunday School. What I learned there kept me free from fear and healed me quickly of any illnesses.

When a physical problem appears, we can tend to feel sorry for ourselves. Sympathy is one of the human frailties that need challenging in order for one to express the grandeur of spiritual being.

Last year I was on a business trip, and was enjoying it very much. But on the fourth day I became ill with an intestinal disorder.