Christian Science
Testimony
QUICK HEALING OF A
COLD
. . . I had a cold that I tried
to conquer with my own understanding of Christian Science. I
had been able to destroy the same false sense many times
before with the knowledge that in the tender warmth of
divine Love there is no place for cold. Many colds had
melted into nothingness before that clear thought; but this
one, instead, grew worse —
probably because unconsciously I may have used the
words as a formula. Finally, after coughing incessantly all
one day, I went to a practitioner's office in the evening.
Choking back the cough as much as possible, I made little
explanation, merely saying that I needed help. Instead of
commenting upon the cold in any way, this wise advocate
revealed to my thought something of the magnitude and wonder
of the great mission of Christian Science —
the redemption of the world. As I welcomed these
inspiring thoughts my own little problem dwindled to its
proper proportions; namely, merely one more falsity to be
destroyed, thereby lessening by just so much the sum total
of human misery. Soon I realized that the strangling
irritation in my throat was beginning to pass off; and
although I listened attentively to what was being said, I
was also conscious of the physical healing as it was taking
place. I could almost watch it go, as one would watch the
rolling away of a cloud. In less than five minutes the cough
had entirely gone! I was so overawed by this instantaneous
healing that I could not even mention it; and the
practitioner did not know it until I telephoned him the next
day. Other members of my family also have received
remarkable help. . . .
Lillian Stockwell Trask
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Testimonies of
Healing"
The Christian Science Journal, December,
1922
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