Testimony of Healing November 2, 1957 Issue

In the two years since my separation...

John H. Squadra

In the two years since my separation from the United States Army, my love and gratitude for Christian Science have grown, and I should like to add my testimony to those of others to whom this Science has come while they were in the Armed Forces.

Although I was not reared in this religion, the foundation I received while in the Army gave me a firm rock on which to build. The first Christian Science service I attended was at an Army post while I was in basic training. Through my own study and with help derived from frequent contacts with the Christian Science Minister for the Armed Services, I was freed to a great degree from military duties which would have interfered with regular church attendance. Also through the application of Christian Science, I was assigned military duties which enabled me to utilize my artistic abilities to a device I had never thought possible in military life.

Once, when I was about to be placed on the guard duty roster and given an assignment which would have severely curtailed church attendance. I was led to read Hymn No. 148 in the Christian Science Hymnal. I found the opening lines especially helpful:

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