Testimony of Healing January 27, 1986 Issue

Mere words seem to fall short of conveying one's heartfelt...

WILLIAM B. BURR

Mere words seem to fall short of conveying one's heartfelt gratitude for Christian Science. But I will try to express my deep gratitude for the joy and peace that fill my consciousness as a result of the many healings I have had through Christian Science.

Some years ago I was an officer trainee at a naval training school in New York. When I began getting low grades in my class on maneuvering, I was informed by my instructor that I was failing the class. With this news I became fearful of having to return home and face all my friends as a failure. I worried so much that I became ill. One of my shipmates missed me at meals and felt I probably needed some prayerful help. So he notified a Christian Science Wartime Minister and asked him to visit me.

When the Wartime Minister came into the dormitory and saw me lying in my bunk, he asked with amazement, "What are you doing in that bunk?" Suddenly I realized, "Yes, what am I doing in this bunk?" It was immediately obvious to me that I had been accepting the mortal testimony of a false sense of self. I also recognized that it was a sinful activity to indulge in self-centered thinking. Why had I not seen through this mental hoax before, I wondered? I had failed to utilize the spiritual truths of Christian Science that I had learned while growing up.

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