Testimony of Healing May 27, 1933 Issue

Christian Science was first brought to my notice in 1925,...

Jacobus G. N. Strauss

Christian Science was first brought to my notice in 1925, when I procured the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. I read it, at the same time having absent treatment for a weak stomach, the aftermath of a severe case of dysentery which had afflicted me some months before. The treatment resulted in considerable relief, but I did not feel that I was completely healed. About that time I also had help in Science in connection with a final university examination for which I was sitting. This was satisfactorily accomplished and during the week it lasted I was able to enjoy sound sleep without the aid of a sleeping draft, a thing I had not been able to do during four previous examinations which I had taken.

After graduating I went away for a holiday and notwithstanding the definite benefit I had through the ministrations of Christian Science I did not express gratitude, and gradually drifted away from it. Unconsciously the thought had been entertained that medical aid could benefit me, and when later the stomach trouble reappeared I consulted a doctor, who very kindly examined me and prescribed treatment. At that time I informed a Christian Science friend with whom I had been attending the church services that while Christian Science appeared to me to be the truth and a very beautiful religion, I felt that it did not work in my case. The medical treatment did not, however, benefit me in any way, and after adhering to it for about a week I suffered more from the stomach condition than I had ever done before. This sharp suffering caused a mental awakening and brought the realization that materia medica was of no use to me.

Suffering not only with the stomach trouble, but also with a severe attack of influenza and swollen gums, I went to consult a Christian Science practitioner, who lovingly undertook to work for me. This was on a Saturday, and on the following Monday I was engaged to appear as counsel for the Crown in several important cases to be tried in a near-by town. I was then at the very threshold of my profession and there was coupled with the illness a depressing sense of fear that, owing to lack of experience, I should not be equal to the task. This was mentioned to the practitioner, who greatly calmed my thought with her clear explanations of the truth.

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