Testimony of Healing July 18, 1908 Issue

Truth and its proof go hand in hand

George J. Wilson

Truth and its proof go hand in hand. People throughout all ages have been asking for the proof of things. In all branches of business proof is sought, in various ways, in carrying business to its rightful conclusion. Sometimes, to our dim discernment, the actual proof is hard to find, but a right understanding of Spirit and a dependence on God's way will reveal the momentarily-hidden knowledge. The honest seeker after the truth is sure to find it.

About two years ago I was seeking proof of the truth of Christian Science, and it has come to me in various ways. What seems chief among other healings and overcomings is the entire cure of the liquor and tobacco habits, habits which had to human sense seemed very real for a good many years, and which I had thrown off for a few weeks and occasionally a few months through human willpower (which is weak as water), only to resume them again. It therefore affords me unbounded joy to know that I have the proof of the power of the Christ-principle to heal. It is now over sixteen months since I have used liquor or tobacco, and during that time I have had no desire for them, but I have waited until now before giving this testimony, for I wanted positive proof of the healing.

It may be asked how I know that I am healed. I have proven the nothingness, the non-power of liquor and tobacco to bring pleasure, and have turned to the only power, God, good, for my pleasure and joy. Good thoughts and good deeds always cheer the heart of man, and never leave any ill effects. I was told by Christian Scientists that the liquor and tobacco habits were not real, but they seemed very real until divine Love dissolved them into their native nothingness. It took a little time for this truth to dawn on the awakened consciousness, but when I saw man as God's child, as God's image and likeness, I saw that God's real child could not sin; then the thought came that there was no better way to find the proof than right at home, in working out my own problems, and as the drink problem seemed the biggest, I started at that first. I immediately saw, after reading the chapter on prayer in Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, that the true prayer, that which "reclaims the sinner and heals the sick" (Science and Health, p. 1), is the actual stopping of the sin; but I felt that something must be given in place of the sin, and, thank God, I found that something in the study of our Lesson-Sermons and the reading of the Christian Science literature. The Bible is now plain, for Science and Health has surely unlocked the Scriptures, and I know that all may come to the waters of Life and drink freely. It takes courage, persistance, and work, but it is the only true living, and surely it is worth attaining.

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