Testimony of Healing August 6, 1921 Issue

It is with ever increasing gratitude that I testify to the...

James Currie

It is with ever increasing gratitude that I testify to the healing and regenerating power of Christian Science. After hearing a lecture on Christian Science in London, I was so impressed with the reasonable and logical statements made by the lecturer, that I determined to buy a copy of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, at once. In my ignorance at that time of the existence of such a place as a Christian Science reading room, or a church even, I went to a well-known secondhand dealer in books and asked for the above-mentioned volume. I was told that they already had fifteen names down in waiting for such a book, and that up to then no sign of one had come their way. I thereupon ordered a new copy through them, and after a daily journey to the shop for a fortnight, I was at last rewarded. Had I been more alert, inside half an hour from the time of the lecture I would have been in possession of one.

For five months I studied the contents of the textbook, this being my only instructor, as I was not acquainted with any Christian Scientists. The results were as follows: Inside of three months all desire for tobacco, alcohol, and the use of bad language had entirely disappeared. I might mention that those habits had gained a considerable hold on me; also, that the awkward and irritating twitching of a nerve about the face ceased, and even amidst explosions of bomb and shell gave me no trouble. Again, at a time when a serious influenza epidemic scare was prevalent I was stricken, but at the end of forty-eight hours was perfectly well, simply through reading Science and Health and putting into practice the little I then knew. My general health was unmistakably greatly improved.

At the end of three years, through the continued study of the textbook and Mrs. Eddy's other works, together with the Christian Science periodicals which she founded, I find myself a changed man, better morally, physically, and spiritually. During the last fifteen months a steady healing of deficient sight has been taking place. Condemned, on the advice of an oculist, to wear two pairs of glasses for life, one for "near" and the other for "far" sight, I found myself face to face with what seemed to be a difficult problem. But this has been met and overcome through the persistent study and practice of Christian Science, until with the unfolding spiritual understanding thereby gained I have proved the truth of the definition of eyes as given by Mrs. Eddy in Science and Health (p. 586), "Eyes. Spiritual discernment, —not material but mental," so that now I am able under normal conditions to see without the aid of either inside or outside glasses.

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