Testimony of Healing July 6, 1946 Issue

A few days before Great Britain...

Stanley C. Morgan

A few days before Great Britain became involved in the recent war my wife and I agreed that whatever happened we would not accept the suggestion that in reality there was or could be war, for the harmony of the divine Mind is forever undisturbed. Armed with that understanding of the unreality and impossibility of war we decided to do to the best of our ability our part as good citizens, inspired by our Leader's words (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, by Mrs. Eddy, p. 277), "But if our nation's rights or honor were seized, every citizen would be a soldier and woman would be armed with power girt for the hour." My wife was privileged to serve as a voluntary air raid warden in London, and my services for the armed forces were accepted. We have both been protected many times when exposed to danger, and are deeply grateful for that protection.

In spite of strenuous training, exposure during several severe winters, and the rigors of campaigning, I have not missed a day's duty on account of illness in over five years. This, I acknowledge with gratitude, is the result of the study and application of Christian Science.

I am very grateful for the many blessings that have come to me personally, but I am still more grateful for the benefits others have received through my efforts to obey our Leader's injunction (Science and Health, p. 452): "When error confronts you, withhold not the rebuke or the explanation which destroys error. Never breathe an immoral atmosphere, unless in the attempt to purify it." On many occasions conversations heading towards impurity have been diverted to wholesome topics, and bad language has stopped as the result of Christian Science silently applied. An officer, a member of our mess for a short period, said on leaving that he had never been in a group whose standard of conversation was at such a high level.

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