Testimony of Healing January 6, 1951 Issue

Many indeed are the blessings I...

Delbert W. Whiting with contributions from Hazel E. Whiting

Many indeed are the blessings I have received since I have been a student of Christian Science. When I first began the study of this Science, I was desirous of conducting my business according to its teachings. I had what the world would call a comfortable fortune, but everything seemed to go wrong, and in a few short years my material possessions were depleted. As far as I could see, the situation seemed hopeless. However, the Biblical reference to Elijah and the widowed woman was included in the Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly about that time, It gave me a message of hope, and renewed efforts were made to conform to the will of God. I soon found an opportunity to be of service to a fellow man, and in attempting to assist him I found employment.

This broke the seeming mesmerism, and in a few years I was enabled to join some others in launching a business that was prosperous from the start. However, I still had some proving to do, for in a very short time I was out of employment again.

Attempts to do business in other fields failed, so I decided to go back in a very humble sort of way to the line in which I had experience. The fact that I was working in Christian Science as best I knew gave me hope, and with the help of a practitioner I felt the urge to go ahead with the venture. I prayed very earnestly for light, and in reading "No and Yes" by Mary Baker Eddy, I found on page 35 the following clarifying statement: "When human struggles cease, and mortals yield lovingly to the purpose of divine Love, there will be no more sickness, sorrow, sin, and death." This stood out to me, and I earnestly went about my business in an effort to "yield lovingly to the purpose of divine Love."

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