Testimony of Healing April 4, 1959 Issue

Before I found Christian Science...

Jack Dunn

Before I found Christian Science, I was confused and disheartened. I was always ailing and spent most of my money and time trying to find the cure for my problems through medical means.

At one time my doctor said I had colitis, and I was unable to go to work. One day a woman who stayed at the hotel where I worked came to see me, and before she left she asked me if I would like to read a periodical she had brought for me. It was a copy of the Sentinel. I thanked her for it, and after she left I opened it to find she had marked certain passages for me. I read it and pondered every word. I knew instinctively that this was the truth. I loved it and needed it badly.

During the next few days, I suffered more pain and sleepless nights, but I often picked up the Sentinel and reread various passages. One morning I lay in bed, feeling very weak. The sun was shining, and my thoughts turned to those friends who, I knew, were on the beach sun-bathing and swimming. Suddenly, as if a voice had prompted me, I got out of bed without effort and joined the swimmers. I swam and sun-bathed for three or four hours, ate a hearty lunch, and walked most of the way home, which was some mile.

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