Testimony of Healing October 8, 1949 Issue

My first healing in Christian Science...

Edward Clark with contributions from Elisabeth Vogel Roeder

My first healing in Christian Science was accomplished solely by reading the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. I had been injured in a mining accident, and after many months of treatment by surgeons I was told that I could never regain proper use of my right hand and arm and also that I would have to avoid exposure to cold weather. During this period my attention was drawn to Christian Science, and I started to read Science and Health. In a few months my hand was almost normal in appearance, although complete freedom from discomfort and pain came only after months of study. At the same time I was freed from constipation, and the healing has been permanent.

I continued my study, reading the Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly daily and all of Mrs. Eddy's writings many times. My progress seemed slow, for many problems remained unsolved; but the first healings served as an inspiration to me to carry on. Later I enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force, passing a number of physical examinations without a medical officer detecting that I had ever been injured. Soon after my enlistment I began to see positive proof that Christian Science meets our needs when it is properly applied. I received rapid promotion and was assigned to interesting and useful work. It is of interest that I served in weather as cold as thirty five degrees below zero and never felt any ill effects.

After I was sent overseas, I encountered conditions which made it nearly impossible to read the Lesson. Each day I did the best I could under the circumstances, and in about three weeks I was assigned to different work and given an office for my sole use. In this office I had not only privacy during working hours, but also the unrestricted use of it outside my working hours. I was moved twice after this, but each time found that I had privacy for study, proving to me that once a demonstration is made, there is no need to repeat it.

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