This testimony is given with my...

Frederick Lionel Lee

This testimony is given with my deepest gratitude for Christian Science, not only for the many blessings and healings I have received, but for the goodness it is bestowing on mankind.

I shall always remember with gratefulness my first attendance at a Christian Science service. On entering the branch church I found myself in an atmosphere of calmness and peace such as I had never before known. I realized with great joy and thankfulness that in Christian Science I had found divine Love, and that never again, having once known Truth, could I in belief stray from Love's presence. In the words of one of our hymns (No. 145),

In atmosphere of Love divine,
We live, and move, and breathe.

From this moment I began the study of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, which gave me the greatest joy, peace, and happiness, far beyond anything I could ever have hoped for. A strong desire also came to study the Bible, and with the light shed on it by the teachings of Christian Science, this glorious book was illumined, and I began to understand it in its true meaning. My whole life was changed. The tobacco habit left me, the necessity for wearing eyeglasses fell away, and many beautiful healings, moral and physical, were experienced.

At that time I was officiating as a football referee, and many opportunities were found to apply Christian Science. On one occasion I received a heavy blow from a wet football, which almost brought me to my knees. Just as I seemed to be losing consciousness the thought came to me, "Why not apply Christian Science?" I was obedient, and at once began to realize that the only consciousness man could possess is the consciousness of God, good. On page 276 of our textbook our Leader has written, "Man and his Maker are correlated in divine Science, and real consciousness is cognizant only of the things of God." Much to the amazement of players and spectators, I did not fall to the ground, but immediately called for play to continue and carried on to the end in complete freedom.

The way opened for me to join The Mother Church and also the branch church where I was introduced to Christian Science, and the opportunity was given me to take an active part in the latter. Many times have I been grateful for the experience gained, and, upon moving to another district, for the privilege there also of serving in a branch church.

Words cannot express the gratitude I owe for this priceless blessing—Christian Science. I am extremely grateful for the sacred privilege of class instruction, for which the way was opened when to human sense it seemed impossible. "But with God all things are possible."—Frederick Lionel Lee, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England.

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