Article August 14, 1954 Issue

"I WAS FREE BORN"

WILFRED S. THORPE

"Indeed I was freeborn, and I am absolutely free at this moment! I am not in bondage to any person or to any thing!" would be the vigorous reply in almost every country of the western world, should anyone suggest that slavery still exists. Yet, if the matter be considered solely from the material standpoint, the very person so vehemently declaring himself free may be in bondage.

Consider for a moment a man who is now an active Christian Scientist. In 1940 he could not stand upright. He walked with great difficulty. An X ray showed a double curvature of the spine and the pelvis out of plumb. The attending surgeon proposed keeping him in bed in a cast or performing a difficult and serious operation. It is no exaggeration to say that this man was in bondage. To mortal sense he was bound, helpless.

Fortunately he knew something about Christian Science and rebelled against his slavery. He started thinking of himself as free in God's eyes. Soon he had the courage to declare his freedom outwardly; he would not be operated upon, nor would he live in a cast. He turned wholeheartedly to Christian Science; he learned more about his true being as God made him. As a result, he was made free. Today it is his duty to cover a manufacturing plant a half-mile long and four stories high; there is no elevator. He walks many miles each day and has done so for several years. He stands perfectly upright and carries on his duties without fatigue or pain.

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