Testimony of Healing July 29, 1905 Issue

As I look back over the past six or eight years in Christian Science,...

George B. Patterson

As I look back over the past six or eight years in Christian Science, and then go back in thought over my worldly way prior to that time, there is a difference that I cannot describe. I recall the material belief that one gets pleasure and enjoyment from innumerable sources, and I will say that I tried nearly all of them but failed to get the pleasure I was looking for. I did, however, get my share of the misery and discomfort, and I am thankful to-day that I had this experience, for it led me to accept the truth, as given to us in Science and Health by our dear Leader, Mrs. Eddy. It was indeed the key for me, because it unlocked the mystery that seemed to be about the Bible, and I learned what God is, and that there is no power but God. How true are Isaiah's words, "I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not. . . . "I make darkness light before them," Truth has done all this for me, and is still doing it. It would be impossible for me to tell of all the benefits I have received, but I will mention a few for which I am deeply grateful. I was in bondage to the liqour habit, and had taken a celebrated cure for it. I did not indulge for nearly two years; but I drifted back, and the last stage was worse than the first, as is so often the case under drug treatment.

I was lifted out of this so completely that one would not know to-day that I had ever used intoxicants. I had also been a constant user of tobacco for more than fifteen years, both chewing and smoking. The habit was overcome in a most satisfactory way. I had a stomach difficulty for several years that gave me considerable trouble at times. I had tried everything I could hear of, but received no lasting benefit, and continued to grow worse, until Truth healed me.

Last winter I had an experience in the way of healing that was remarkable, and can only be known by myself and by those who were present. The case was in the nature of a fall from the hay mow to the floor, down a flight of stairs. I got up and did some work, then went to the house, realizing the truth for myself as best I could, all the time; but I seemed to need help, as I was in a distressing condition, both mentally and physically, and vomited blood quite freely. At this point a practitioner was called, and also my mother, who is a Christian Scientist. This is all I knew of myself until I awoke out of the dream, some two or three days later. I awoke as comfortable as if I had just had a nap; everything was clear and peaceful. I was healed! These are only a few of the many cases of healing experienced by myself and in our family, but I feel that I should not take up the space with a more lengthy testimony.

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