Christian
Science Testimony
BLESSING
IN TIME OF NEED
It is now more than thirty years
since I was healed in Christian Science and had the blessed
privilege of class instruction. I was healed in one
treatment and the healing was so marvelous that it
astonished all who knew of the case. I had been to the
sanitarium at Battle Creek and had two operations and was
left helpless, the physicians saying I would never be able
to walk again without supports. I did not walk across the
floor from March until June, and suffered agonies all the
time. One day a friend came to see me and brought a lady
with her, saying as she came into the room, "Cheer up,
Sarah, I have brought you something now that will heal you."
I asked what it was and she replied, "Christian Science."
Somehow I thought they were the sweetest words I had ever
heard. I asked what it was and the practitioner replied, "It
is God who does the work." I was always willing to trust God
and had always had a craving for higher things, and
Christian Science came right into the place in my
consciousness that had been prepared for it. The work was
done absolutely and immediately and I was as well and strong
as I had ever been, and remained so and went about my work,
happy and free as a bird.
I could tell of many, many
demonstrations that have proved both to myself and others
that Christian Science is the truth just as the Master gave
it and as explained by our blessed Leader, Mary Baker Eddy.
I have been asked this question, "Do you have just as much
confidence in Christian Science now as you did at first?"
and I can answer that my confidence has increased as my
understanding has enlarged its borders. It is such a
blessing in time of need, and nothing can take its place.
Just the other day some one said a word that seemed to hurt
and at first I had a struggle to keep the tears back; then
the thought came to me, When Daniel was thrown into the
lions' den, he did not sit down and cry because some one had
wronged him, he just kept his face turned toward the light,
having no room in his thought for anything but the things of
God. I am ever grateful for Christian Science and all that
it has brought to me.
Sarah A. Williams
Evanston, Illinois
"Testimonies of
Healing"
Christian Science
Sentinel, May 22, 1920
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