Christian Science
Testimony
HEADACHES
HEALED
In
1912 I was led to read "Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures," by Mary Baker Eddy, to see if there was hope
through it to save the life of a member of our family, who
was then critically ill. I had not read many pages until I
came to the conclusion that this was the most marvelous book
I had ever read. It upset my entire religious education.
While I resented the constant references to sin, sickness,
and death as being healed through Christian Science, still I
thought it was the most sane interpretation of the Bible I
had ever read, although I was educated for the ministry, and
owned almost every known commentary on the Scriptures. I had
taught Bible classes, and almost every grade of Sunday
school class, yet I soon came to the conclusion I had not
known anything about the real meaning of Bible truth. On
second reading of the book my theological education was
reversed and I came to understand somewhat of God, man, and
the marvels of a spiritual creator and creation. During this
process of transformation I found myself healed of neuralgic
headaches that I had been subject to, almost weekly, for
over fifty years; and was also healed of a severe form of
muscular rheumatism; also of pyorrhea, on which I had spent
much time and money with dental specialists. I will not
detail the suffering from these troubles, nor the amount of
drugs and medications used for only temporary relief. These
healings, and several minor ones, resulted from the
transformation of my thought through the reading of Science
and Health.
I
am surely grateful for these physical healings, as they are
a proof of the truth revealed in Christian Science, but I am
most grateful for the transformation of character through a
better knowledge of God and salvation. Mrs. Eddy says, "The
emphatic purpose of Christian Science is the healing of sin"
(Rudimental Divine Science, p. 2). And it seems to me
impossible to study her books in conjunction with the Bible,
and make an honest effort to practice the teaching, without
reformation following. To say that I am grateful for having
been led to become a student of Christian Science, the
wonderful key to the Scriptures, is but to acknowledge my
great debt to Christian Science. The knowledge of God as
revealed in Science and Health has met every need of our
home during these years without a drug, or even a drink of
water as a medicine.
J. S. Mills
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Testimonies of
Healing"
Christian Science Sentinel, March 11,
1922
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