Testimony of Healing November 30, 1974 Issue

As a young child I had an interest in religious teachings, but the...

Albert G. Stout

As a young child I had an interest in religious teachings, but the teachings I had received lacked something. My questions about God were not intelligently answered. What was lacking was not only an explanation of how Christ Jesus performed his cures but how spiritual healing could be done today. Christian Science was presented to me while I was a student in high school. It gave answers to these questions, and more.

Early religious training failed to teach me the difference between human emotion and divine Love. In fact, I believed mortal emotions to be a part of religion and of me. Feeling that I was a mortal separated from God, and that I needed to gain and express more emotional affection toward other mortals (which would result at some future time in a reward), I developed emotional states of thought that seemed uncontrollable. This often placed me in the position of hating those I should have been loving.

The serious study of Christian Science changed my life. I began to see evidence of mental calm, and the healing of physical problems through a scientific understanding of prayer, and a sense of purpose. However, there were at first peaks of inspiration and valleys of emotionalism, sensitivity, despair, frustration, and loneliness. The situation grew worse. I believed I was unloved. Condemnation and self-hatred were an obsession. Because of my mental state of weakness the situation appeared alarming and disturbing.

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