Testimony of Healing September 17, 1966 Issue

I want particularly to express my gratitude for the spiritual progress...

Walter Stange

I want particularly to express my gratitude for the spiritual progress accruing from a healing I experienced about two years ago. I had taken a spill off a motor scooter and, sliding on the pavement, had laid open the right side of my face. Since this happened right in front of a hospital, I was taken there. I refused medication and only allowed the nurse to wash my face with a mild soap, and then I was discharged.

After I came home I began to have chest pains, which made breathing very difficult, and I suspected I had broken or dislocated some ribs. I called a practitioner, and we both worked to know the truth. On the third day it seemed I had not improved in the least; the pain was as agonizing as ever. However, when I picked up the receiver to report to the practitioner and heard her voice, I expressed gratitude for her work and the completeness of it and said I thought it was all right to discontinue treatment. Later, before going to work, when thinking of what I had said to the practitioner, I asked myself, "How could you have said that?" I took the Christian Science Hymnal and started singing all the hymns I had so far memorized; this I knew would help to keep discouragement from taking hold of me.

That morning, during a break, as I was sitting alone in a room reading a piece of Christian Science literature, my right arm suddenly went through an involuntary motion, somewhat similar to that of a man getting ready to throw a ball. At the same time I heard a loud snap in my chest; and immediately all pain ceased, and an unspeakable peace came over me. This happened twice more the same day. After this I had no more trouble with my ribs. The right side of my face by this time had scabs all over it, but these also cleared up very quickly. The accident had happened on a Monday, and by the following Sunday there was not a trace of any evidence left.

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