Testimony of Healing October 8, 1927 Issue

Through the understanding of God as taught in Christian Science...

Alfred Lewis Aiken with contributions from Ella R. Aiken

Through the understanding of God as taught in Christian Science I have been lifted out of the practice of material methods of healing into a work which is much more helpful, both to myself and to those with whom I come in contact. Daily I find it can be proved that what we have formerly mistakenly believed, have been mistakenly taught, and have practiced mistakenly, cannot hinder us in correctly thinking about God and man, if we are truly willing to do so. Often when I have been tempted to excuse myself for wrongdoing on the basis of my early training, I have been greatly helped by Paul's words in Galatians, "Who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?"

Although I did not turn to Christian Science for physical healing, but rather to gather first-hand information about it, I have had many healings, the first of which was instantaneous. A motor cycle kicked back when being started, the crank striking me in the arch of my right foot, which had formerly been fractured. The blow seemed to refracture the same bone, causing excruciating pain. At this time I had been reading "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy but a very short time, and the thought immediately presented itself that now was a good time to prove what Christian Science could do. Turning to the truth as best I knew how, I mounted the machine and rode to the town where I was living, a distance of about ten miles. When I dismounted, the foot was so badly swollen and the pain was so great that I could not bear my weight on it, but was compelled to hop into the house.

There was a Christian Science practitioner in the building in which I had my office, and I felt if I could get there I would receive help. I managed to get to the building and request help. After a few moments' conversation the practitioner requested me to read while she gave me a treatment. Almost immediately I experienced what I shall never forget: I was healed. This healing convinced me that "with God all things are possible" now, as in Jesus' time, and that Christian Science is truly Christian! Work that day necessitated my being on my feet for over twelve hours, but at the end of that time I felt as fresh as in the early morning. From then onward I began the diligent study of Christian Science.

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