Testimony of Healing July 6, 1968 Issue

At the time I took up the serious study of Christian Science, I...

Margaret McAndrew Upfold with contributions from Arthur Ernest Upfold

At the time I took up the serious study of Christian Science, I was employed in an office on work requiring special qualifications, for which I received a corresponding rate of salary. When the annual increments were given, I found that mine was so small that I was now receiving little more than the rate for work requiring no special qualifications, I was very upset and went to see my immediate superior about it. While sympathetic, he pointed out that the managing director dealt with salaries, and it was well known that he would not brook any criticism of his decisions. However, he agreed to speak to him when the opportunity came, though he had little hope of any adjustment.

This took place on a Friday, and during the weekend I had time to think over the matter and to see that I had not dealt with it as a student of Christian Science should. I began to ponder the law of justice and the fact that man is governed by God and is not at the mercy of the whims and misjudgments of mortals. Late on the Saturday I saw very clearly that justice reigns in the kingdom of heaven, and that as this is in reality the only place where man can be, he can experience only justice. This glimpse of the truth completely satisfied me, and I thought no more of the matter.

On Monday morning the managing director called me into his office and told me that during the weekend the question of my salary had come to him and he realized that an adjustment was necessary. He therefore proposed to give me a special annual allowance in addition to my salary and increments, an arrangement which was completely fair and satisfactory. I went to thank my superior for his intervention, but he looked at me blankly and said that he had had no opportunity to speak to the managing director. I knew then with deep gratitude that I had witnessed the operation of the law of God, which is always available to bring harmony into human affairs.

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