Testimony of Healing February 6, 1995 Issue

When I was a child my family lived in a rough and violent area...

Reginald Charles Barker with contributions from Mary Rosalind Barker

When I was a child my family lived in a rough and violent area, and life was not happy. There was a lot of discord in our home. I knew of Christian Science because my dad had heard of it years before and had a healing of rheumatic fever. He liked our family to attend a local Christian Science church, but our attendance was spasmodic, as my mother sometimes disapproved.

I loved Sunday School because the atmosphere was loving, unlike that of our home. I especially loved Mrs. Eddy's reference to God as "friend of the friendless" in her "Communion Hymn," because I had difficulty making friends. I will always be grateful that I was given a copy of her book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, and for a loving Christian Scientist who allowed me to visit her home from time to time.

When I grew older we moved to a better area and I got a job without difficulty. But life at home was still unhappy and repressive, and I felt hopeless. I wanted to leave home and was interested in marriage. I decided to pray about this with my understanding of Christian Science.

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