Testimony of Healing May 22, 1948 Issue

My first experience with Christian Science...

Frank Stuart Scott

My first experience with Christian Science was when my father, who was a veterinarian, took me to a practitioner when I was a very small child. It was not until many years later that I became interested enough to give it any thought other than to ridicule it as a result of my misconception of the teachings of Mary Baker Eddy, its Discoverer and Founder.

One of my first proofs that Christian Science is an active, available power was when I was having an auction sale and leaving my farm in the Northwest. It seemed imperative that I sell out and leave in approximately ten days. There was very little time to get sale bills printed, to advertise, and so on. My meager understanding of Christian Science had come mostly from reading a few Sentinels and a little from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy. However, it was enough to persuade me to put the outcome in the hands of God. The day of the sale was the coldest I have ever experienced. It was many degrees below zero, so cold in fact that hardly more than a dozen people were there. Apparently none but prospective buyers attended, for when the sales were added up the total amount was about two hundred dollars more than I should have expected under favorable conditions.

During the First World War I was a member of the Armed Forces in Canada and was stationed in Toronto in a home service unit for seventeen months. While there it was my privilege to meet the Committee on Camp Welfare and to assist with the distribution of The Christian Science Monitor in the barracks. During the influenza epidemic I had an attack that took the nature of severe stiffness and pain in my body. I started to church one morning and had some trouble getting on the streetcar. After I had ridden several blocks these words came to me, "God can heal me right now," and immediately I was normal. It was an instantaneous healing and has been permanent.

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