Testimony of Healing September 7, 1981 Issue

A recent experience, which my husband and I...

MARTHA K. CREVELING

A recent experience, which my husband and I had, proved so conclusively to us the ever-availability of God's care and protection that I feel I can best express my gratitude by sharing it with others.

My husband and I were passengers on a cruise ship bound for the Orient when it caught fire and eventually sank off the coast of Alaska. The blaze started in the night, which was cold and windy.

After some hours waiting on the deck, it became evident that the fire could not be contained as the captain had hoped, and as we were standing at our lifeboat station, my thought turned to prayer quite naturally. I found myself singing Mary Baker Eddy's hymn, "Mother's Evening Prayer" (Christian Science Hymnal, No. 207) which begins:

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