My father used to take our family...

My father used to take our family over thirty miles each Sunday to and from a Church of Christ, Scientist, enabling my younger brother and me to attend a Christian Science Sunday School, where we received great benefit from the clear and loving teaching given us.

Later, when I had been declared unfit for sea duty as a result of having had malaria, I was completely healed through the faithful work of a Christian Science practitioner. I took up a strenuous life once again, joined the Royal Navy in World War II, undertook hazardous service, and in fact lived the adventurous sort of life that I had always wanted to live as a boy.

During the war many instances of remarkable protection were experienced. On one occasion when I was undergoing training as a parachutist, the following words from the Bible came to me before leaving the plane for my first practice jump (Deut. 33:27): "Underneath are the everlasting arms." I took no notice of this angel message at the time, but a little later it returned to my thought. Still I remained unmoved. Once again it repeated itself most insistently to me. Only then did I acknowledge the message and receive it gratefully.

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July 17, 1954
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