Testimony of Healing May 18, 1981 Issue

I was raised in Christian Science and during childhood was free...

DON G. SOULE

I was raised in Christian Science and during childhood was free from serious illness. I was never absent from classes, even in college. However, while I was serving in the armed forces during the Second World War, the need to pray for myself daily became increasingly apparent.

Up to that time I had always attended a Christian Science Sunday School and read the Bible Lesson in the Christian Science Quarterly. But while I was overseas serving in a combat zone, I fell away from these regular activities. And except for an occasional scramble to read the Bible and Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, I did little to advance myself spiritually.

It wasn't until I was severely injured and literally fighting for my life that I really began to practice Science. While on combat duty in the Philippines, I received a head injury from a mortar burst. I found myself in an aid station laid out with the dead and dying. No one was doing anything for me, and I felt very alone. Finally, after what seemed a long time, someone came and examined the tag fastened on the front of my fatigues. I couldn't hear the discussion that ensued, but I didn't feel very encouraged. The largest piece of shrapnel was removed from my head, and I was evacuated to a field hospital.

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