Article April 11, 1936 Issue

Audible Expression of Thanks

ALEXANDRA BOBRIKOVA CRICHTON

A STUDENT of Christian Science was once asked if he found it difficult to give a testimony during a Wednesday evening meeting. "Yes," he answered, remembering his mental struggle before getting up to testify; "indeed I find it difficult. Some people have the ability to speak in public, but to those who are of a rather shy disposition it is quite a demonstration. Nevertheless I believe we all can make this demonstration."

Analyzing this mental attitude we discover that the difficulty of speaking at testimony meetings is not merely what it is alleged to be. It is said, for instance: "My experience would not interest others; it is very ordinary." "I had no time to get up—every time I wished to speak somebody else started to testify." "I am afraid of being criticized." And so on. Many who give these reasons for not testifying know that with but a little effort on their part they could silence the false arguments. The underlying cause of these arguments is personal sense—the sense of person and persons—which appears to be so inherent in human nature that it requires a thorough handling before it can be put to silence and the real nature of man given audible expression in thanksgiving.

Personal sense hides behind various excuses to prevent the Christian Scientist from testifying to the fact that, as proved in some definite case of healing, he has had revealed to him the reality of being, and consequently has had exposed to him the unreality of that same personal sense and its components—sin, sickness, and death.

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