Testimony of Healing January 20, 1917 Issue

I have long wished to avail myself of the privilege of...

F. H. Howard Buchanan

I have long wished to avail myself of the privilege of expressing heartfelt gratitude for the sense of protection and peace which Christian Science has enabled me to realize, and therefore have great pleasure in sending this testimony from that part of the field which is at present the scene of "conflicting forces" (Science and Health, p. 96), and wherein I have enjoyed the most wonderful demonstrations.

To mortal sense and from a material standpoint my surroundings could hardly seem more dangerous or inharmonious. During the past ten months I have been engaged as an infantry officer, and for the greater part of this time have been domiciled in the front line fire trenches of the British forces. In the course of my duties I have had to live for several days and nights in some of the most exposed and unpleasant corners, where I and my men were constantly exposed to shell and rifle fire and continued bombardment.

In the worst of these times I have never yet failed to enjoy perfect poise and harmony, and to realize in great measure something of that peace "which passeth all understanding." This I have accomplished through having learned in Christian Science the truth of the psalmist's words, "Power belongeth unto God," also Mrs. Eddy's statement that "to acknowledge any other power is to dishonor God" (Science and Health, p. 228). When my need for peace and harmony has been greatest, I have turned at once in thought to God, divine Principle, and thereby entered through silent prayer and communion with Spirit into "the secret place of the most High."

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