Testimony of Healing August 13, 1921 Issue

I feel that the time has come for me to add my pæan...

Philip Allen

I feel that the time has come for me to add my paean of praise to swell the mighty chorus of gratitude that has spontaneously burst from the hearts of men and is rising heavenward in one grand song of thanksgiving to God for the greatest blessing that has ever come to mankind,—Christian Science.

I became interested in Christian Science nearly four years ago. My progress has not been very rapid but my blessings are numerous. It is with sincere desire to help some one, who may be struggling along a rugged path, that I give my testimony. Before taking up this study, I suffered severely from stomach trouble and could eat very little, and what little I did eat caused suffering. I was an unbeliever at the time and had no faith in God, medicine, or doctors. I did not take medicine to alleviate my suffering because I had no faith in it. I was afraid of doctors. I felt that they would load me down with diseases that I never thought of, and in my heart of hearts I felt that there was nothing wrong with me but my thinking.

My case seemed hopeless because there was no one to turn to but God and I had no faith in God. I was fast gaining a very morbid outlook on life, but when things looked the darkest then came the light. A younger sister of mine returned from the western part of the United States where she had gone for her health and had experienced a wonderful healing through Christian Science. I become interested at once. When she told me that my stomach could never know what I put in it unless I gave it the intelligence myself, which of course I could not, I at once felt that she had told the truth. Then, when she opended the Bible, a book I had read but little before, and pointed out the fact that God gave man dominion, I knew that the truth itself was being unfolded to me. I immediately ate whatever I desired and have never been afraid to do so since.

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