Testimony of Healing December 14, 1963 Issue

More than thirteen years ago I...

Filemon O. Guiang

More than thirteen years ago I was suffering from acute bronchopneumonia, believed to be an aftermath of malaria, which I contracted during the Second World War. I went from one doctor to another and tried all the so-called wonder drugs known at the time, but to no avail. At first I did not make serious efforts to regain my health because I never liked medicine; but as the days went on and I was heading for a worse state of health, I began to fear. I thought I was due to pay the wages of neglect of myself.

About this time, I was getting acquainted with Christian Science, although without any thought of seeking physical assistance. As I observed, however, that healing was an important element of it, I approached a devoted member of the branch church I was attending to ask if she could help me. She said she would be very glad to do so; and the next time I was at her residence, she asked me to read with her the Bible Lesson, which I recall was on God and which is outlined in the Quarterly. At intervals while I coughed, she explained patiently the meaning of every line in the text. The following morning I ceased coughing, and my former desire to try a much-advertised medicine left me. Some more days passed, and I had never felt better.

Presently, I received a call, said to be final, from the Government Service Insurance System to go for a physical test. If I failed this test, my position, a responsible one, would be imperiled. As I was not sure whether I was really healed, I submitted to the X-ray examination reluctantly, resigned to face what might come. Imagine my delight when the chest clinician simply OK'd my diagnosis chart, as if shortly before my case had not been pronounced as almost hopeless! That was a most decisive experience, and at once I took a firm stand for Science.

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