Testimony of Healing December 2, 1944 Issue

Two years ago I faced the induction...

Robert J. Binney

Two years ago I faced the induction board with dread. For seven years I had been suffering from an intestinal disorder which reduced my efficiency fully a third, for it prevented me from working for several hours each day. I was like the woman in the Bible who "had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse." Even though my condition did not place me on the deferred list, I was unable to see how I could possibly stand up under Army life. My local board assured me that the Army doctors would "fix me up," but I remained skeptical, because I had been trying all kinds of doctors and treatments for years without success.

The first few weeks in the Army turned out as I had feared, with half the time spent on sick call trying out the various experiments of the particular doctor on duty. Finally I was sent to the hospital to have a complete X-ray analysis. A month later I was scheduled for release with no improvement apparent. I went to plead my case before the doctor in charge. After I had told him of my various medical experiences in civilian life, he said, "If you have tried all that, how can you expect us to help you?"

With great despondency I returned to active duty. Then, in the midst of this depression, as though in answer to prayer, I came across an old copy of the Christian Science Sentinel. I eagerly devoured its contents, and nowhere in it could I find that my case should be considered hopeless. In fact, as far as I could make out, one could always turn with assurance and expectation to Truth to meet one's needs.

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