Christian Science
Testimony
A TRUE ESTIMATE OF
MRS. EDDY
I
wish to express my gratitude for the work of The Christian
Science Board of Lectureship instituted by our dear Leader,
Mary Baker Eddy, and to tell of a healing which came to me
through listening to a Christian Science lecture. For some
weeks I had experienced a growing sense of lassitude and
weakness which I had failed to destroy. I continued my work,
but about the time that this lecture was to be given in the
branch church which I attend, I found it a great effort to
move about or to get up from my chair. I realized that I
could not expect others to attend the lecture if I did not
myself make every effort to do so; therefore I went to the
church, although feeling much exhausted. The lecturer gave
us a beautiful account of Mrs. Eddy's lifework, showed how
she had founded the Christian Science movement, and spoke of
the consecration and devotion which had enabled her to
surmount all difficulty and opposition. As the lecture was
unfolded, my joy increased more and more, and my heart was
filled with gratitude for these gracious words of
acknowledgment of our indebtedness to our Leader, and of the
powerlessness of all that would oppose or obstruct. When the
lecture was over I joyously rose from my seat, filled with
vigor and strength. I left the church in perfect health,
with a song of thankfulness in my heart, with a deeper love
for our dear Leader and her work, and a greater desire to
serve our great Cause.
Some
weeks later when I was attacked by a severe headache it was
instantly dismissed on my reading a report of this lecture
in a newspaper. Not only did this lecture heal me of the
physical difficulty, but it showed me that in order to help
ourselves or others we need to gain "the true idea of what
constitutes the kingdom of heaven in man" (Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy P.
560), and that this cannot be done if we are not alert in
handling and casting out every falsity which would seek to
have us "entertain a false estimate of anyone whom God has
appointed to voice His Word" (ibid.), thereby obeying
Article VIII, Section 6, of the Manual of The Mother
Church.
Mary E.
Bovet
London, England
"Testimonies of
Healing"
Christian Science Sentinel, February 2,
1929
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