Testimony of Healing August 22, 1970 Issue

In May, 1963, I was working for the United States Civil Service

Thomas B. Browne with contributions from Elizabeth Browne

In May, 1963, I was working for the United States Civil Service. One evening I came home from work bent over. Due to intense pain I could not straighten up. As this had never happened to me before, I asked my wife to call a doctor so that I could draw sick pay. Three X rays showed arthritic symptoms all up and down my right leg. For two weeks I slept in a wheelchair because the pain was so extreme that I could not sleep in my own bed. Finally I asked the doctor if he really thought I could be cured. He replied that medical science had no cure for this ailment. I settled up my account with him and told him I wanted to do some thinking before having more treatments.

That night I prayed to God for guidance, as I thought I could not stand the pain any longer. Two days later our Civil Service personnel director knocked on my door. He said that our doctor had informed him that I would never be any better and could never work again. He said that if I wished to retire he had all the necessary papers for me to fill out and sign. He said he would step out to his car while my wife and I talked it over.

While we were considering what to do, we decided to have help in Christian Science. A little while later a ray of hope appeared on the horizon of my thought when I read a testimony in a Christian Science periodical of a woman who had been healed of arthritis. I remarked to my wife that just as this woman was healed, I too could be healed by this same means, since "God is no respecter of persons" (Acts 10:34) and loves all His children equally.

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