Testimony of Healing June 24, 1972 Issue

"Thou shalt have no other gods before me" (Ex. 20: 3)'

Ruby Price Staton

"Thou shalt have no other gods before me" (Ex. 20: 3)`. At a time when I was suffering very severe pain from what medical science diagnosed as arthritis of the spine, a friend asked if she might read to me the Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly for that week. The subject was "Man."

I consented, and as she read the words of the First Commandment from the Bible, quoted at the beginning of this testimony, I found myself analyzing them. In a flash I thought, "Why, I have many gods, and at this time the aspirin bottle is my number one god."

Doctors and specialists had prescribed for me for years, but their treatment had failed to give me permanent relief. I had accepted the pain as something to live with and had sought relief through pain pills. One doctor had suggested that I limit my activities, giving up any action such as lifting, stooping, or reaching.

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