Testimony of Healing February 25, 1905 Issue

I feel that I owe to Christian Science the wonderful...

William Heywood

I feel that I owe to Christian Science the wonderful change that has taken place in me. I had never paid any attention to Christian Science until August, 1902. At this time I was in a store in Chicago. My wife brought me a copy of Science and Health, and pointing to the back part of the book, where testimonies are given, asked me to read some of them, calling my particular attention to a testimony that fitted my case,—a case of intemperance. I immediately glanced over a few lines, and then said, "This is well put, it will help to sell the book." She said, "Read a little in the beginning of the book," and I promised her that I would. I kept my promise, and the more I read the more interested I became. I received an understanding that never was given me before. I commenced to have faith in God. I prayed that I might have the appetite for intoxicating drinks destroyed. I had been drinking for many years, and the drink had finally become my master. It was the last ray of hope when my wife handed me that now priceless book. The answer to my prayer astonished me as well as others. It was on the tenth day of September, 1902, that I went into a saloon I had been in many times before, and ordered two glasses of beer, one for a friend and one for myself. I raised the glass to my lips, but could not drink the beer. I was embarrassed, and said that the beer was all right but that I could not drink it, and I walked out of that saloon door with no appetite for drink. It is now nearly two years since this happened, and I have never had any desire for it since, for the appetite is destroyed.

This marvelous occurrence produced in me the strongest faith in the ever-presence and power of an all-wise God. I am indeed grateful to our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, for the many valuable instructions I have received from the study of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," and other Christian Science literature. I am a traveling man, have been on the road for over forty years, and have visited all the States, most of them many times. I have had the pleasure this tour of visiting several Christian Science churches in different States and of witnessing the great amount of good they are doing in healing and uplifting humanity. My business keeps me on the road nearly all the time. I am in hopes that I can join the Christian Science church soon. I commenced this tour in August, 1903, and have saved more money than I ever did before, and I have enjoyed the best of health. I have used no medicine since the time the appetite for drink was destroyed. As many said that it would not be long before I would return to my old habits, I have allowed all these months to pass by before giving my testimony. I find many who scoff at the teachings. They know very little of this new-old doctrine, and when I tell them of the magnificent churches there are in the principal cities, and that every walk in life is represented among their members, they seem astonished. Those who condemn do not understand. I am thankful that there are so many who are taking such great interest in the work, and that the truth is known in their lives.

William Heywood, Chicago, Ill.

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