About four years ago in the...

Howard A. Strader

About four years ago in the lounge of a Y. M. C. A. building I picked up a copy of the Sentinel and commenced to read it. As I read I became amazed. The thought came to me, "Here is the Word of Truth, line after line, paragraph after paragraph, page after page." I noticed numerous references to the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. These impelled me to go to a Christian Science Reading Room and purchase a copy, which I then began to read and study.

I had enlisted in the Army and was soon on my way to Korea. Though our battalion was frequently broken up to get replacements for front line duty, I was never at any time in danger. I was so occupied with my new-found religion that warfare seemed remote. At times I would find copies of Christian Science periodicals that were left at the Red Cross Club. These, along with the textbook and the Bible, which I had not before read seriously, became my daily companions and chief interest. The result was that for me Korea proved to be a haven wherein to progress in the study of Christian Science.

Through the reading of the textbook I was healed of a tumor, which had been the cause of frequent headaches. One morning when the familiar headache commenced I asked myself: "Why should I have these headaches all the time? What have I done to deserve them?" The answer came: "You have done nothing to deserve them. There is no reason why you should have them." That noon a fibrous substance discharged from my nostrils. The discharge continued for several days, and since then I have never been bothered by chronic headaches.

For the opportunities that unfold through our study and practice of Christian Science I am grateful. Membership in The Mother Church has proved a cause for gratitude, and practitioners have been an immense help to me. For these blessings, for the Christian Science pioneers, and for our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy, whose example is constantly before us, I am deeply grateful to our Father-Mother God.—Howard A. Strader, Portland, Oregon.

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