God's Ways not Our Ways

When I first heard of Christian Science in the spring of 1897 from a friend who had left our chapel to become a Scientist, I so chemicalized over the answers to my questions, that for several months I denounced it, and warned my friends against it. At last I realized that I was condemning a thing which I had not really studied. I then determined to go right into it, prove its falsity for myself, and also prove it to my friend and save him. I scorned the idea of healing by its means.

With this view, I occasionally attended the meetings, and began reading Science and Health at the reading room. While reading, I was conscious of assimilating the Truth it contained. This alarmed me at first, but the fear soon subsided, for I said, "If it is Truth, I want to know it, but if not, I want to be fully persuaded against it."

I had read nearly half through the book, when, like Gideon, I wanted a sign that it was not simply a theoretical religion, but a practical one. I had a trouble at the time of ten years' standing or more. I thought, that if Christian Science was true, it would cure me, and I could prove it for myself. So I took up my own case with the slight understanding of Christian Science that I had, honestly, and unprejudiced, with the result that within a fortnight, the trouble had gone and I was healed.

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