Testimony of Healing October 7, 1916 Issue

Until a few years ago I was looked upon as a young rowdy,...

Samuel Cohen

Until a few years ago I was looked upon as a young rowdy, for I used to gamble almost every night in the week with people who were twice my age. On account of my ability to play cards they predicted that I would be a big gambler some day. This thought was so constantly before me that I had my mind set on being one because I could make so much money from it. I now know that these people were wrong, for with the help of a Christian Science practitioner and through the reading of Science and Health I have learned the better way of life, and am glad to say that I do not gamble at all and all desire to do so has left me. I have also been healed of the smoking habit, which had been indulged for eight years.

While attending high school I used to play truant quite frequently. One day my father was summoned to school on account of my misbehavior and I was told to be prepared the next morning to have my head examined by a doctor, to see if there was anything the matter with me, because I was so disobedient to my teachers and parents. I felt very rebellious at the thought, and on account of a lot of other trouble I was having at home I ran away and was gone nine days. I am confident that but for Christian Science I would have had to undergo many hardships during that period. As it was, my mother asked a practitioner for help, and I found work the first night I was away.

I have been healed of an impediment in my speech which had hindered me since childhood. It sometimes took me a minute to begin to talk or read aloud, but I can now do so without hesitation. The hardest thing for me to overcome was the tendency to lie. This seemed to be second nature to me, and I had indulged the error so much that it seemed easier to lie than to tell the truth. Since coming into Christian Science I have learned that "Truth creates neither a lie, a capacity to lie, nor a liar" (Science and Health, p. 357), and the apprehension of this healed me. The truth underlying the saying the "honesty is the best policy" is now very clear to me.

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