Testimony of Healing April 2, 1921 Issue

I gratefully avail myself of the privilege of testifying to...

Thomas Joseph Abbott with contributions from Pearl Goens

I gratefully avail myself of the privilege of testifying to the many blessings which have come to me and mine since I began to study Christian Science. I may say that before this divine gift came to me, I had searched in many directions for the truth. Various denominations, spiritualism, theosophy, and pagan philosophies had been tried but none of these could give me what I yearned for, that is, a solution of the so-called riddle of life. "Why am I here? What is my duty, and what is the end to be?" were some of the questions I wanted answered, and I am indeed grateful to say that Christian Science has supplied the answers and has met my every need.

The first reading of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy convinced me as to the truth contained therein, and I resolved to study it faithfully and thoroughly. About six weeks after this, our little baby boy was suffering from dysentery. I therefore decided to trust to what I now knew to be Truth. As I sat by his bedside mentally affirming God's allness and denying the presence of any discord, the little fellow fell asleep, which he had not done for forty-eight hours, and slept for just twelve hours. Then he awakened with a clear complexion and a happy disposition which had seemed foreign to him just before. Since then my wife and I have worked out our own problems and those of our children solely through our understanding of Christian Science; and while we recognize the loving and unselfish work done by practitioners, we also realize that it is much more satisfactory if one can work out one's own salvation.

I did not think I needed any healing when I first came to Science, as I thought I was fairly robust, but I am grateful to testify that I have been healed of a poisoned leg; also of the drinking and smoking habits, of the use of obscene language, of bad temper, and of financial troubles. My wife has had many proofs of God's loving-kindness, and our children's discords have all been overcome by the truth, through our understanding of the allness of God, good.

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