Testimonies of Healing
As a teen-ager I had recurring heavy colds with nosebleed. I was quite frightened during these times of difficult breathing.
During my teens I made many mistakes typical of some others of my generation. My mother had begun the study of Christian Science, but I did not join her in this.
Mrs. Eddy writes in the Manual of The Mother Church ( Art.
When I was a fairly new student of Christian Science, I was employed as an engineer-inspector in a midwestern highway department. In one of the state's larger cities, I was assigned to inspect and supervise the construction of a pedestrian accessway that would be of major convenience to the people.
Ever since I was a child, I have received help and inspiration from the testimonies appearing in the Christian Science periodicals. The assurance of God's great love for mankind that I gained as a child has remained with me and given me trust and understanding to meet many problems, both during my younger days and in rearing a family.
Referring to the meaning of Christmas, Mary Baker Eddy writes: "An eternal Christmas would make matter an alien save as phenomenon, and matter would reverentially withdraw itself before Mind. The despotism of material sense or the flesh would flee before such reality, to make room for substance, and the shadow of frivolity and the inaccuracy of material sense would disappear" ( The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany , p.
Even though satisfied with my lot in 1971, I saw ahead only old age and no way to combat it. The future looked bleak.
A Christian Science lecture really showed me that Christ Jesus' method of healing is effective today. The lecturer gave three ingredients of healing: discipline, love, and spirituality.
Music is such an important part of my life that I have often felt sad and incomplete when I am unable to practice or at least hear music for a few days. I became aware of this while I was having class instruction in Christian Science.
While a young woman, my grandmother had blood poisoning in her arm. A friend gave her Science and Health by Mrs.