Testimony of Healing January 21, 1922 Issue

Christian Science has meant so very much to me that I...

Charles W. Whiteside

Christian Science has meant so very much to me that I have reason indeed to be grateful for it. Not only am I grateful for many physical benefits, for help in business and the daily affairs of life, but also for mental and spiritual comforts. Truly the greatest privilege one may enjoy is to be a student of Christian Science and partake of its abundant blessings. Especially am I thankful that this truth came into my life at an early date, bringing to my childhood the precious influence of the Christian Science Sunday school, that as I grew in understanding and demonstration there came in due time opportunities for service in various church activities. For it seems that I was thus the better prepared to express a higher sense of service during the world war. So helpful were the proofs of God's care and guidance during many months of active service in this and foregin countries, that I am prompted to write this testimony with the hope that it may encourage others.

My enlistment in the naval aviation service and my entire experience thereafter was one continual unfoldment and proof of the fact that God is indeed our Father-Mother, an ever present guardian and guide, the source of health, comfort, and protection, on land, on sea, and in the air, the source of health in spite of undesirable surroundings, of comfort notwithstanding adverse conditions, and of protection from impending danger. In common with others I underwent frequent physical examinations, many inoculations and vaccinations, but reliance upon Truth was always my protection from fear and evil consequences, and I am thankful to say that I came out of the service with a clear health record, not having spent a single day on the sick list. For five months I was stationed on the Adriatic, in a low, swampy country so infected with malaria that the physician in charge considered it imperative that every one take a certain quantity of quinine each day for about three months. However, I avoided even tasting a single pill, and was entirely free from both the present and after effects of this malady from which so many seemed to suffer, even after their return to America.

After reaching this station in Italy I found among the four hundred men comprising our detachment several who were more or less interested in Christian Science. So we got together on Sundays, when activities did not prevent, and were refreshed by a regular little service. I feel sure that it was due in no small measure to the thought of these few students of Christian Science that our station experienced so little damage from enemy air raids, the attacks being either frustrated, or if the bombs fell in vital places, they failed to explode. Not a case of influenza occurred on our station, though manifest among the inhabitants around us. Dependence upon the one Mind relieved my thought of anxiety and the weight of responsibility attendant at times upon the nature of my work. I was thankful not only to be able to demonstrate this truth in meeting my own problems but especially thankful to have been instrumental in helping others when called upon.

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