Testimony of Healing June 19, 1926 Issue

Words cannot express the gratitude I have for Christian Science

Edward J. Morley

Words cannot express the gratitude I have for Christian Science. If I were to write of the many blessings that have come to me and to my family in Christian Science, it would take many pages. I became interested in Christian Science in August, 1917, when I visited a Christian Science church service for the first time. During this meeting I noticed the splendid order in which the services were conducted. On hearing the reading from the desk, I began to think that Christian Science was far more than I had thought it to be; and after hearing the testimonies of those who had been healed of various diseases in Christian Science, I became very much impressed. At the close of that service I realized that Christian Science was what I had for years been looking for.

Just prior to this I had very reluctantly begun reading the textbook of Christian Science, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. My wife had informed me that a kind neighbor had left the book and had desired me to read it. I began reading in the evenings after the day's work. Each evening I would read a little more. About ten days later, while doing certain work in my employment, I noticed after the completion of the day's work that I had not used any profane language. This was indeed very unusual for me. I then discovered that the desire for liquor, tobacco, and profanity had left me without the slightest use of will power; and they have never returned. For thirty years I had been a constant user of tobacco; and for twenty-five years I had used liquor. I had tried many times during those years to break these habits through will power, but the seemingly strong desire would keep me in misery until I went back to them again.

After this healing I began attending Christian Science lectures and church services and reading the textbook, the periodicals, and the pamphlets regularly. Every spare minute I would read, because I became hungry for the truth. Within a few months a growth which had been on my back for years disappeared; also, the tea and coffee habit left me. About this time I began reading the Christian Science Quarterly Bible Lessons; and after I had studied these lessons a short time, the truth about God and His idea, man, began to unfold to me in many ways. I began to be far better off spiritually, physically, morally, and financially. Old claims I had had for years began to disappear. During these eight years every problem, whether of sickness, injury, or any discordant condition, has been worked out by the application of Christian Science, which has never failed me.

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