Testimony of Healing February 4, 1956 Issue

During the Second World War,...

Richard D. Meyer

During the Second World War, I was serving as a navigator in the Army Air Corps. One day I flew in a B-17 (Flying Fortress bomber) which had a very heavy load. There were fifteen men on board in addition to personal baggage, depth charges for use against enemy submarines, and ammunition.

A short time after our take-off one engine went out of order, then another. The two remaining engines were not powerful enough to keep the heavily loaded plane aloft. We lost altitude slowly but steadily. Soon the pilot turned the plane around and headed back to our starting point.

During this time I was busy applying the teachings of Christian Science. I knew that God's power is everywhere. God knows all, and He knows only good about all of His children. He has complete control of every situation. He is all good and only good; so there is no room for an accident in His kingdom. I felt a great sense of God's loving presence and knew that no harm could come to any child of God. In this understanding I felt safe and secure. I recalled these words from a hymn in the Christian Science Hymnal (No. 53):

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