Testimony of Healing September 26, 1953 Issue

The words, "'Tis God's hand...

Dartha Heath

The words, "'Tis God's hand that leadeth me" (Christian Science Hymnal, No. 95), have certainly proved true in my experience. After I had finished my academic education several years ago I was left with a feeling of dissatisfaction. I had enjoyed my college courses, had taken advantage of an opportunity to travel, and had been offered a good job. And yet it seemed to me that I was not a better person in any way or any happier for all these things.

While at school I had attended the services of various church denominations and investigated different philosophies. I remember thinking at the time how odd it was that one spent two or more years learning a subject like Spanish or history and still there did not appear to be any systematic way of learning how to become happier. I was sure Jesus' precepts were the right ones, but somehow they did not seem concrete enough for me.

But gradually and gently God was leading me, and as I look back now I can see the ways in which seeds of the truth were being planted. One of these ways was my reading The Christian Science Monitor in the school library; another was a visit of one of my classes to the Christian Science Publishing House; another was my attending a Wednesday evening testimony meeting at The Mother Church because I thought the people going to the service looked so pleasant; and another was my accompanying my father to a Christian Science lecture in our home town.

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