Testimony of Healing June 30, 1962 Issue

It was over twenty-seven years...

Florence I. Detwiler

It was over twenty-seven years ago that Christian Science was introduced to our little family. We were going through a period when there was much unemployment throughout the city. My husband had been laid off from an office position and was driving a taxicab at night. The remuneration was meager. I was worried and anxious, and the constant effort to keep two young boys quiet during the day in order that their father could rest culminated in a nervous state with which I seemed unable to cope. Then our downstairs neighbor started carpentry work at night, and I was desperate.

A friend recommended that I look into Christian Science, and after my first visit to a practitioner the noise downstairs stopped. Then the practitioner talked with us about our various problems, and it was pointed out to us that "Soul has infinite resources with which to bless mankind, and happiness would be more readily attained and would lie more secure in our keeping, if sought in Soul" (Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, p. 60).

Although there still seemed to be no vacant positions, my husband was then offered work in a machine shop. He was at first fearful, for he had not done work of this nature for many years and had no tools. The practitioner assured him that the same Love that gave him the position would supply the intelligence and the tools to handle it. Tools poured in from everywhere. We did not even have to ask for them.

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