“All of these healings left me asking, ‘What cannot God do?’”
/For many of the testifiers, the state of consciousness was one of being made over, being made new. This was apparent from the gratitude that was expressed by the testifiers.
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“I think healing can be expected because the truths that Mrs. Eddy set down… remain as clear, logical, accessible, and inspiring as ever to all who seek healing.”
/The cumulative effect of reading just one year's published (the tip of the iceberg) testimonies of healing is indicative of how much Christian Science has done for individuals, families and the world.
Read More“I found that when I was questioned by someone new to CS, all the answers I needed for her were in the testimonies I had recently read.”
/What was the state of consciousness of these testifiers? Receptivity, expectation, trust, persistence, simplicity, conviction, steadfastness - and so much more. A clear recognition that God IS All.
Read More“Reading all of these testimonies was precisely this…experiencing flood-tides of Love.”
/I kept a log of my thoughts/reactions to these testimonies, as well as capturing key quotes, and it is impossible to review these in preparing these thoughts without feeling the extraordinary presence of divine Love in these healings and lives. Very uplifting and inspiring!
Read More“The same Truth and omnipresent God and yearning for guidance, answers, and healing are here and within each of us.”
/This testimony, along with others, has been helpful in understanding more of the power and healing of the ninety-first Psalm. I have begun to read this psalm, along with the twenty-third Psalm, each day and am grateful for the healing, comfort, and clarity of thought it brings.
Read More“I was impressed early on in the reading of the testimonies by the outpouring of sincere gratitude expressed in all these testimonies.”
/Another aspect of these testimonies that greatly impressed me was the often quick or instantaneous nature of the healings that came to people with no prior knowledge of Christian Science. I considered on what it was that brought these quick healings to newcomers to Christian Science, and I concluded that a prime reason was the willingness to learn and accept this Truth in their lives.
Read More“I have been healed of timidity and conceit, pride and humiliation, imitation, isolation and competition.”
/Having read and been moved by the testimonies in the 1943 Journal, I can honestly say that they are a great help to me. The variety of testifiers, of people I could relate to readily, has increased my sense of a common humanity. A sense of exiting the tomb of conformity, appreciating more one’s own individuality as expressing the “divine law and order of being” has grown and settles upon me.
Read More“From the first testimony I wanted to cheer aloud.”
/From the first testimony, I wanted to cheer aloud. The 1943 Sentinel testimonies have truly been for me the promised bugle call. They’ve woken me up, cleared out the cobwebs of concern and doubt, and cut through the din of mortal opinions, fears, apathy, vulnerability, and even nostalgia that I felt lost in.
Read More“In testimony after testimony, I saw how people’s state of consciousness turned from fear to freedom…”
/Through this abundant and inspiring collection of testimonies, the primary lesson to me is the proof that nothing is impossible to God – that there is absolutely no human condition in which the power of Truth cannot be understood and demonstrated.
Read More“I was reminded that I have a demonstrable knowledge of Christian Science, that it is an already understood and working Principle.”
/I have thoroughly enjoyed setting aside this time in my day to appreciate these people’s love for God and their gratitude for Christian Science. Each, as one testifier said is a Psalm of Gratitude. They were all so beautiful and such good reminders of our own healings and so inspiring.
Read More“Running through the testimonies is a common strain of gratitude and expectancy of healing.”
/Something unexpected happened during that first session. After copy and pasting for about two hours, I had noticed a trend in every single testimony. Every one of them began with a sentence of gratitude. This was something I had never really recognized before when reading the Sentinel testimony sections.
Read More“MY joy needs to be shared!”
/“Joys that can only be shared” (CSS June 19, ’43, p. 1094) sums up the overall feeling I got from reading these testimonies. The healings large and small, instantaneous and of longer duration were expressed with a confidence, an assurance and an expectation and appreciation of the surety of good appearing that radiated from the pages. There was no doubting the allness of God.
Read More“Is it true? Is it true?”
/Rather, it was a voice of “tender sweet persuasions” saying, “Yes, it is true. Yes, it is true.”
Read More“A new appreciation of the storehouse of testimonies we have.”
/I remember several years ago thinking that the collection of testimonies in Mrs. Eddy’s writings and in the Sentinel and Journal are unique in volume and scope of healing.
Read More“When you read the testimonies through all at once it’s almost like reading a great book.”
/Many of the testifiers had a few common traits. They felt calm, peaceful and surrounded by God no matter what was going on around them. They started to glimpse that they were spiritual ideas right then and there and started to understand what that really means.
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/Many of them give proof of the Christ coming to human consciousness, even when an individual knows little or nothing about Christian Science.
Read More“I counted ninety-five different claims which were healed…”
/In 1943 I had turned seventeen and before the year was out I had joined the Navy and was on my way to the South Pacific.
Read More“…an eagerness to get closer to Our Divine Source”
/What is so inspirational to me is this: Right in the midst of some of the worst atrocities touching so many human lives, individuals were able to see their true depiction as God’s beloved idea.
Read More“The same kind of profoundly impressive healings can be found today."
/Thinking about all of the proofs of God’s protection during the war on the battle field and in the cities, it was their realization and understanding that matter is non-existent and man spiritual, and holding steadfastly to this truth found themselves absolutely protected.
Read More“Still today the textbook heals”
/They attained their healings by studying the textbook. I know that sounds trite, but still today, the textbook heals. That is how I came into Science – “eating up” the textbook.
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