Testimony of Healing January 10, 1953 Issue

When I was a high school student...

Henry G. Rutledge, Jr.

When I was a high school student I picked up a copy of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, which was in a bookcase in our home. I began to read it and immediately found it the most interesting book I had ever read. Later I attended a Christian Science Sunday School in my vicinity.

One night I could not go to sleep because of an earache. I had tried to give myself a Christian Science treatment during the day, but that night I felt that I needed a Christian Science practitioner to help me. When I called the practitioner she told me that she would treat me. About fifteen minutes later I felt a tingling in my ear, and the pain instantly stopped. I was completely healed and slept well during the rest of the night.

Several months ago a disease appeared on my body in the form of a rash, which annoyed me with its itching. Once again I tried to do metaphysical work for myself, but the disease kept spreading. I went to a practitioner and asked for treatment. She told me that disease does not come from God and that it has no power to move itself around over the body because God is the only power, the only cause, and the only intelligence in the universe. By the time I left the practitioner's home the itching had stopped. Soon every trace of the disease vanished. I am very grateful for these healings.—Henry G. Rutledge, Jr., Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.

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