One of the joys of my early days as a student of Christian
Science was in the availability of free Christian Science Sentinels and
Journals. I devoured them. There was a tall rack in the foyer of the church and
at that time I was probably the biggest borrower.
Most, if not all, of the articles and testimonies
included quotes from the Bible or the works of Mary Baker Eddy (Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures and Prose Works). They gave me
ammunition with which to work in handling the problems which came up. My
knowledge of our textbooks was very limited as a new student, so these quotes
provided much enlightenment.
For instance, one of my daughters was in distress on her
bed. My husband and I went to her. He went off to fetch a damp cloth to put on
her head. I declared, “There is no fear in Love; but perfect Love casteth out
fear” (I John 4: 18 (to :)). I had certainly read many reports of healing
through knowing that mighty truth.
The problem had been a stiffening of her whole body, and I reasoned
that it seemed she was “scared stiff.” And that Bible truth made her free.
I was reminded of all this on reading my daily testimony
from our book on the Continuing Evidence of Christ Healing where David
Taillefer (see pages 145-148) seriously injured his thumb and nail. He tells of
in-depth study of a copy of the Christian Science Sentinel the night before. He
had been left with three quotes, all from Science and Health.
The first one:
“You must control evil thoughts in the first instance, or they will control you in the second” (p.234).
The second:
“Banish the belief that you can possibly entertain a single intruding pain which cannot be ruled out by the might of Mind, and in this way you can prevent the development of pain in the body. No law of God hinders this result” (p. 391).
And the third:
“Be firm in your understanding that the divine Mind governs, and
that in Science man reflects God’s government. Have no fear that matter can
ache, swell, and be inflamed as the result of a law of any kind, when it is
self-evident that matter can have no pain nor inflammation” (p.393).
I am sure the reader will want to read how Mr. Taillefer used these truths.
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