In the midst of my business career I found myself unable to continue work. At the request of the officials of the corporation by which I was employed, I submitted to a physical examination, and the diagnosis pronounced my illness tuberculosis.

The doctor who examined me knew that I was a Christian Scientist and of my faith in God as the only healer. He volunteered his opinion that I might as well stick to Christian Science and stated frankly that the medical profession had no cure to offer me.

I was granted leave of absence; and I retired to my home, engaged a practitioner, and devoted all the time my strength would permit to the study of Christian Science. Periodic physical examinations were required by my employers, but for some time there appeared to be no physical progress. However, with the aid of the practitioner and the support of members of my family, together with my own persistence in prayer, discouragement and frustration began to yield to hope and faith.

During one of the required periodic physical examinations, the doctor exclaimed, after viewing X-ray pictures: "This is remarkable! You must have been doing some powerful praying." When I then asked whether he considered that prayer had been a factor in the change, he replied that in his opinion sound morals and upright living were always conducive to healing.

Soon after, I was released from confinement in my home. But the doctor and corporation officials were reluctant to permit me to return to work, for they feared that the pressure of business would hinder complete recovery.

When I was no longer restricted, the first activity I resumed was faithful attendance at the branch church of which I was a member, and I continued intensive study of Christian Science. Gradually I gained a freer thought about my career and my purpose in life. Instead of feeling that I had to wait until I could return to commercial employment, I began to see other opportunities for usefulness. I discovered that my varied experience had provided a background which enabled me to write and sell articles to trade journals and magazines. I saw that I was not confined to a single field, nor was I dependent on one source of income or a single corporation for supply. A whole new vista opened.

During this period, study of Christian Science and support of church continued as my major field of service and effort. Medical restrictions were removed, the physical healing was completed, and normal activity was resumed. Opportunities for further service in the Cause of Christian Science came as I progressed in the daily study and application of this religion.

This is but one of the many healings I have experienced through an understanding of God as revealed in Christian Science. My adherence to this religion ever since my mother enrolled me as a young boy in the Sunday School has been based on the fact that it never fails to present the solution to any problem of human experience. I have found that one need turn to no other source than God to meet and master the challenge of adversity of any kind.

Ernest E. Lewitz, St. Louis, Missouri

In verifying my husband's healing, I wish to express gratitude for the sustaining power of God which supported me while this healing was going on in our home. Many times when I became discouraged, fatigued, or fearful, the understanding of divine Love which I had gained in the Christian Science Sunday School and in class instruction was a great source of strength and confidence that with God all things are possible.

(Mrs.) Virginia Movius Lewitz

Forty years ago I witnessed the healing in Christian Science of a relative of mine who had had a severe nervous breakdown. The change in health of mind and body was so arresting that I asked her to tell me what had brought this about.

At that time I was needing help myself. For twelve years I had suffered internal trouble and at last had had a major operation, but was little better. One of our sons had been delicate from birth. My husband was unemployed and discouraged. Discord abounded.

My relative told me of the Christian Science treatment she had received. I immediately purchased the textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, and sought the aid of a practitioner to meet my son's physical need and to establish harmony in the home.

While this prayerful work was taking place, I was healed; and the boy finished the latter part of his school life free from the frailty he had experienced for twelve years.

Soon my husband found employment in another country, but after a year he returned and became employed locally. He and I commenced attending a Church of Christ, Scientist, and our sons became pupils in the Sunday School. My gratitude was very great, and soon we were privileged to help to organize a group of Scientists who met informally to hold services in our district. The group later became a Christian Science Society and then a church. In our home abundance, harmony, peace, and joy were established where once discord had reigned.

In 1942 a testing time came. My husband, riding on a motorcycle, was in a collision with a bus in a busy part of the city. He was taken into a shop, and a policeman rang for an ambulance. My husband said he wished to be taken home, and this was done.

For business reasons it was necessary for him to call a doctor, who found multiple injuries, including a fractured pelvis. We relied radically on Truth and had Christian Science help. In three months my husband was healed and back at business.

In 1950 my husband had an illness which was not diagnosed. We asked a practitioner to give him treatment. My sister and I were led to study page seven of "Unity of Good" by Mrs. Eddy, on which she writes of her conviction "that an acknowledgment of the perfection of the infinite Unseen confers a power nothing else can." Immediate healing resulted during a night that had appeared very trying. The following morning I was able to telephone the practitioner and tell her that again Truth had proved the victor.

In 1964 I had an illness which resulted in a stay of nine weeks in a Christian Science House. For the care and love shown me by members of my family, the support of fellow church members, the practitioner who stood by me until I was admitted to the House, and for the care of the practitioner who visited me regularly there, I am unboundedly grateful. At the House the staff were as "a shining light" (John 5:35) when the darkness was dense. The practitioner sang to me, and I dimly remember saying, "I'll sing myself back." The morning hymn sessions were times I shall never forget. Living the truth and being "doers of the word, and not hearers only" (James 1:22) was a standard held up daily and hourly by the staff.

In the summer of 1965 I spent a week at the same House, one full of gratitude for health restored and for joy in beautiful surroundings both inside and outdoors.

For all the joys of serving a branch church in numerous capacities, the service of practitioners and nurses, the privilege of class instruction, and all the other avenues of good, I am truly grateful. I give thanks to God, our loving Father, for Christ Jesus, our dear Master, and for Mrs. Eddy.

(Mrs.) Mary Elizabeth Rowland
Lydiate, Lancashire, England