Testimony of Healing October 17, 1931 Issue

I wish to express my gratitude for Christian Science

Walter A. Schaetzel

I wish to express my gratitude for Christian Science. I have much to be grateful for, having been healed physically, morally, and spiritually, protected from accidents, and relieved of intense pain instantaneously, all through the application of its teaching. I wish also to express my gratitude for the many healings experienced by the members of my family. While I am extremely grateful for the physical healings and protection I have received, I am even more grateful to Christian Science for having taught me how to become a better man.

Christian Science was first called to my attention by a sister, but it was only after repeated urging that I borrowed a copy of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. I began to read the book, but was turned from it by what was told me by one in whom I had great confidence. Some months later at my place of employment I noticed a rack on the wall which had printed upon it the words, "Free Christian Science Literature." I began to read this literature; and doing so for some time I thought, What wonderful people the contributors of the articles in this literature must be! I had a great desire to become a different, a better man, and thought, Oh, if I could only become like these people!

On page 1 of the textbook Mrs. Eddy writes: "Thoughts unspoken are not unknown to the divine Mind. Desire is prayer; and no loss can occur from trusting God with our desires, that they may be moulded and exalted before they take form in words and in deeds." Continuing to read the literature, I was much benefited. One day, when I reached for my tobacco, the following words came to me clearly, distinctly, as though a voice spoke, saying, "You are healed; you need never use tobacco again." I am at a loss for words to tell how I felt at that moment. It was a beautiful, a wonderful experience. I was instantaneously and permanently healed, as I have never since had the slightest desire for tobacco, although I had both chewed and smoked tobacco for fifteen to twenty years.

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