Testimony of Healing May 23, 1925 Issue

I first became interested in Christian Science by reading...

Pauline M. Morrow with contributions from Rush B. Morrow

I first became interested in Christian Science by reading "The Life of Mary Baker Eddy" by Sibyl Wilbur, while lying in bed suffering from sciatica. When I had finished reading the book I got up and told my wife, who was very ill (in fact had been given up by the doctors), that Christian Science was the only thing to cure her and she had better try it. A practitioner came and agreed to treat her, leaving a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy for her to study. After studying it, my wife began to ask so many questions that in self-defense I had to study both the Bible and Science and Health.

At that time, and from my youth, I had been a heavy drinker and smoker. I used to boast that I would never be a teetotaler; and I never went near one if I could avoid it. My daughter used to accompany her mother to the Christian Science church; but one Sunday morning she could not go; so, rather than disappoint my wife, I decided to go with her, as I saw the improvement which had taken place in her. I had not been in a place of worship since I was a boy. We went to church and I enjoyed the service, being much impressed with its simplicity.

On arriving home I left my wife and went to my usual hotel. From then on I continued to go to the services and afterwards to the hotel; but after a while I noticed the drink did not have the same flavor. I complained, but was told it was in splendid condition. I tried different hotels and every drink they had for sale, and struggled on for a period of four months trying to drink; but I found the taste had left me, and I could not go back to it. The smoking habit left me in the same manner three months later, although I fought very hard to continue it. I have also had numerous other healings deafness being one. I had suffered since boyhood from this trouble, which the doctors had diagnosed as due to a perforated ear drum. This condition simply left me; and I hear perfectly now.

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