Testimony of Healing September 16, 1961 Issue

My first healing in Christian Science...

Garfield Jones

My first healing in Christian Science took place early in my study of this wonderful religion. I was employed by a coal company in the repair shop, and my work was the repairing of all moving machines and other mechanical equipment. The company had installed a new type of coal-cutting machine at one of the mints. I was instructed by the superintendent to make a daily report on this machine for one week while it was in operation, and my working time was from 5 p.m. until early the next morning.

This machine was propelled along the bottom of the mine by a steel rope fastened to a steel drum, the other end being attached to a steel jack. In the course of time the result of the heavy strain on this machine became evident. I started to make my report of this condition when suddenly the steel jack broke loose and came sliding down the small incline, landing with its full weight on the instep of my right foot.

I began repeating statements of truth that I could recall from Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. The foot was extremely painful, but I stayed until the work was completed. When I started to make my way out of the mine, it was very difficult for me to walk; but I kept clinging to the truths I knew. Suddenly I remembered Hymn No. 139 in the Christian Science Hymnal, which begins,

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