Article January 10, 1925 Issue

Testimony

HENRY H. LINDSEY

A testimony is that which bears evidence to a certain fact. Any one who is acquainted with the fact in question is qualified to testify truthfully. It is not necessary for him to know everything in regard to a subject in order to give evidence. All he needs to do is to state what he knows, whether as a beneficiary, participant, or simply as a witness, in regard to that whereof he speaks. All that is necessary is that he shall bear witness to a certain event, act, or occurrence. In law a person is in duty bound to state what he knows, should this be required in the furtherance of justice, though the evidence he gives may appear to himself or some others of little worth.

A witness is defined as "one who is cognizant; a person who beholds, or otherwise has personal knowledge of anything; as, an eyewitness;" also, as "one who testifies in a cause, or gives evidence." When we have sure knowledge, or have beheld or experienced a certain event or fact, we are qualified to speak in regard to it.

If it is our duty to testify when called upon by law, how much greater is our obligation when called upon to testify in regard to God's healing power! On page 47 of the Manual of The Mother Church Mrs. Eddy says: "Testimony in regard to the healing of the sick is highly important. More than a mere rehearsal of blessings, it scales the pinnacle of praise and illustrates the demonstration of Christ, 'who healeth all thy diseases.'" Thus, not merely is the fact that a healing has taken place important, but it is highly important also that evidence be borne concerning it, to prove that the Christ-power and Christ-spirit are here operating to heal and to save as surely and as effectively as they did twenty centuries ago. While we are telling in the simplest words what we have been healed of, we are at the same time giving evidence to those unacquainted with God's presence that He is here; that His law of love is as an open fountain, whereto all may come and be healed and saved from sin, disease, and death. Not only are others helped, but we ourselves rise nearer to God thereby, reaping the reward promised by Jesus, "Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven."

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