Testimony of Healing July 15, 1933 Issue

Twenty years ago Christian Science was presented to...

George H. Blanchard

Twenty years ago Christian Science was presented to me by a new-found friend. I had lost interest in an orthodox church of which I had been a lifelong member and was ready for the revealed truth and clear logic of what was to me a new religion. I began studying Science and Health and became a regular attendant at church services. I had not started with any thought of healing, but noticed as I progressed that minor ills quickly disappeared, and the habit of smoking literally fell away from me.

Then came a testing time, when our baby boy became ill. In the absence of his nurse, who was a Christian Scientist, a doctor was called. He did not name the trouble, but left prescriptions and directions. These were not used, as the nurse then returned, took charge of the baby, and he was healed that night.

Some discord developed in my business which I did not know how to handle in Science. It reached an acute stage, and I went down under a nervous attack that was intensified by constant fear of passing on. The healing was slow, accompanied by setbacks and discouragements, but the victory was won through the consecrated and effective work of a practitioner and my own persevering adherence to the truth. The time came when I could through my own understanding handle and overcome the diminishing return attacks. This long process meant purification of character through the correction of erroneous traits and habits, and the building up of a reliance on God that sustained me in later years.

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