Testimony of Healing February 7, 1931 Issue

It is with a heart full of gratitude that I joyfully testify...

Russell J. Hoyt

It is with a heart full of gratitude that I joyfully testify to the healing and regenerating efficacy of Christian Science. About three years ago an overwhelming sense of fear and discouragement caused me to try Christian Science as a possible means of alleviating this indescribably hopeless condition of inharmony. With the help of a loving practitioner and through the study of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, as well as the other Christian Science literature, the truth not only has eliminated the former conditions of fear and discouragement, but has given me an understanding of God; it has purified and elevated me to the extent that I am more like the man that Christ Jesus showed us how to be. Christian Science has healed me of many physical ailments and bad habits, such as boils, influenza, appendicitis, colds, toothache, swearing, drinking intoxicants, and smoking; it has taught me how to express more love, joy, meekness, and kindness. Indeed, it has given me a practical and complete remedy for any and every inharmonious condition that may appear.

Words are inadequate to express gratitude for Christian Science, and for all the activities it includes; but I want to say at least that I am indeed grateful to God for His great and lasting goodness; to Christ Jesus, the Way-shower, for his example; and to Mrs. Eddy for the purity, love, and courage which enabled her to give to the world her writings, and to establish the Christian Science periodicals and Bible Lessons, the lectures, the Wednesday evening meetings, and the Sunday services. I am also grateful to the loving practitioner who gave cheerfully her untiring help. Class instruction, membership in The Mother Church and a branch church, and the privilege of serving in the latter to a small degree, are further reasons for a deep and sincere sense of gratitude.

Russell J. Hoyt, Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania.

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