When a dear friend introduced me to Christian Science, the joyous, healing Christ message satisfied all my longing for the truth and a higher understanding of life. I shall never forget the light of revelation that came into my consciousness when I began to read the textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. I recognized the possibility of helping others. This desire and my own prayer for perfection enabled me to partake of the meal which God prepares for all who love Him.
Ten years have passed, during which time many changes have taken place. Anxiety and grief have been replaced with joy, and sickness and care have been healed with love. Human relationships have improved, domestic tranquillity has been established, and I am gaining a growing understanding of all that constitutes heaven on earth.
The first healing I witnessed with divine help was a spontaneous one. A friend fell from a horse and came to me looking very pale and shaken. When he had gone, I had the sudden feeling that I must help and that I could help. I ran after him and found him standing on the street, seized with violent shivering. A brief word of truth was all that was needed: "God is All-in-all." Instantaneously all indications of the fall disappeared. I was very happy and grateful to have been able to demonstrate the truth.
A short time later my son, who was ten years old at the time, also fell from a horse and sprained a wrist. The entire arm was swollen and painful. I recalled the last line of the Lord's Prayer with the spiritual interpretation which ends with this sentence (Science and Health, p. 17):
"For Thine is the kingdom, and the
power, and the glory, forever.
For God is infinite, all-power, all Life,
Truth, Love, over all, and All."
I pointed out to him that God is all-power and all Life, and that by knowing this he would be able to use his hand and arm. He then timidly tried to prove the truth. But the next day he listened to a suggestion of error that he carry the arm in a sling. But when I asked him, "Who is stronger—God, who has created the world and the entire universe, or this little piece of cloth?" The reply came spontaneously, "God! Because God Is power!" He threw the sling away, seated himself happily on his bicycle, and rode off. When he returned a short time later, the swelling was no more to be seen, and the pain had disappeared.
In our family, inflammation of the middle ear, epiphysis of the hip joint, colds, and painful hemorrhages were similarly healed, the latter with the help of a Christian Science practitioner who lived at a distance. A wonderful rescue from a stream and divine protection in an automobile accident fill my heart with deep gratitude.
May my testimony help all seekers for Truth find the way in divine Science and encourage them to travel it joyously!
I am also very grateful for membership in The Mother Church and for the Bible Lessons in the Christian Science Quarterly, which daily lead me to a broadened understanding of the Bible, and for class instruction, which I was able to take in the language of this country. A knowledge of the infallible laws of God is the greatest blessing I have received, and I thank God that divine Science, the Comforter promised in the Bible, is spreading throughout the world, thanks to all the writings of Mrs. Eddy and the translations in many languages.
"There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world" (Ps. 19:3, 4).
Concepción, Chile
