Testimony of Healing November 18, 1985 Issue

For over forty years Christian Science has been my inspiration...

GERALD STANWELL

For over forty years Christian Science has been my inspiration and guide as well as a sure defense against a variety of dangers in times of war and peace.

During the Second World War, I served on a naval ship. Near dawn one day, all the ship's crew were at action stations. On the quarter-deck I was responsible for telephone communication with the bridge. The radar corvette [an unmanned small ship] in the flotilla was zigzagging at high speed, with depth charges loaded in the stern. Suddenly I saw the corvette bearing down hard on the left side of the ship. It appeared that a collision was imminent. At that point I affirmed: "All is under the control of the one Mind, even God" (Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, p. 544). I had time to pray along these lines with renewed conviction.

Soon I caught a glimpse of the corvette in a sea of white foam, lunging to port while our ship swung the other way. As the corvette lurched clear, it missed the bigger ship by inches. There were sighs of amazed relief on all sides. This averting of a naval mishap served to show me that turning to God as divine Principle brings the healing and protecting control of the Christ into our lives.

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