Testimony of Healing August 27, 1938 Issue

Christian Science has done so much for me during the...

Edward F. Patton with contributions from Violet M. Patton

Christian Science has done so much for me during the past three years that I wish to express my gratitude in the hope that the need of others may be met through these lines.

During a twelve years' residence in the Far East I contracted dysentery, and suffered for five years from that complaint. Specialists tried every remedy known to medical science, but failed to cure it, and finally pronounced my condition chronic. Intestinal ulcers and an extremely weakened physical condition also resulted. All zest for life left me, and I was very low physically and mentally when Christian Science came to my aid. The study of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, not only healed me of dysentery, ulcers, and all the et ceteras, but of excessive drinking and smoking of over twenty years' standing. I was left with no further desire for alcohol or tobacco.

The practicability of Christian Science in relation to business problems has been demonstrated to me upon many occasions. One example will serve to illustrate my point. I returned to this country from the Far East in 1936, and entered into negotiations with a prominent firm of lawyers in this city, with a view to the purchase of a financial interest in an old, established business. The deal was on the verge of completion when I discovered that certain government contracts were being executed in a manner contrary to the teachings of Christian Science, and as an earnest student I had no alternative but to withdraw from what appeared to be an excellent business proposition. Three months later this firm appeared in the bankruptcy court, and I should also have been there but for Christian Science. Prior to my study of Christian Science, I should have classified this firm's method of executing contracts as smart business, whereas I now know it to have been dishonest practice. I am indeed grateful for this experience of divine protection.

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