Testimony of Healing April 20, 1957 Issue

During the years in which our...

Gene H. Utterback

During the years in which our family have endeavored to live the teachings of Christian Science, we have had proofs that man is governed by Principle and that he is not subject to the vagaries of chance. At a time of difficult economic conditions, when jobs were scarce, I needed employment. I requested help in Christian Science of an understanding practitioner, and satisfactory employment came promptly from an unexpected source.

Through the study of Christian Science and with the frequent help of practitioners, our family have been healed of various ills of the flesh and protected in times of impending accident. One night we were awakened by our eight-year-old daughter, who told us that the house was afire and that the flames were coming though the wall in her bedroom. After a brief interval of fright and confusion my wife began to pray as we are taught in Christian Science, and in an incredibly short time the fire had been brought under control with the use of what had appeared to be a woefully inadequate supply of water. When the fire department arrived, there was no fire.

A few years ago, while suffering from an intense pain, I began to recall the many things for which I could be grateful. At that time we had been students of Christian Science for over twenty years. Suddenly I realized that my thoughts of gratitude were not extending to a time prior to our introduction to Christian Science. What a vista was thereby opened up! I could be grateful for having been a member of a family reared by loving, Christian parents, for Mrs. Eddy's divine revelation, for her demonstration of Truth in founding the Christian Science movement, and for her courage and wisdom in protecting her demonstration so that it has remained a vibrant, growing thing that will one day save the world.

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