I have received and am receiving...

Kenneth M. Peabody

I have received and am receiving blessings in such abundance from my study of Christian Science that I can no longer refrain from sharing them with others.

In my early experience healings and the sharing of testimonies came easily and quickly, but for a time I was in a foreign country where there were no practitioners, and there seemed to be a lessening of this spontaneity. This proved, however, to be a blessing in disguise, for I learned that I had to depend more understandingly upon God and to practice more what I was professing to know of this Science. This was not easy, and problems seemed to have a way of overlapping, so that before one was disposed of, others appeared; and I deferred giving my testimony until the completion of the healings.

I have since learned that we must be obedient and willing to render thanks and praise to God at all times. Today I am rejoicing in the unfolding and enriching nature of this gratitude, for I perceive that it is the result of growth Godward.

One of the Bible promises of reward is to those who "endure unto the end" (Matt. 24:13). This I understand to mean unto the end of the error, or belief in the reality of evil, discord, or disease. In relating the following, I do so in the hope that it may encourage someone who may be tempted to turn to methods other than spiritual, as revealed in Christian Science, for release from a difficult human problem. For a period of nearly twenty years I had asked the help of practitioners at different times to overcome a physical condition that was unsightly and embarrassing. Today I understand why I was not healed during that time. It was because I was desirous of removing some troublesome matter from my body, instead of eliminating from consciousness the erroneous thoughts which were producing the condition. Each time treatment was given, my hope was that the difficulty would one day somehow disappear; but it did not; instead, it increased in size.

Some time ago when I was changing business positions I was required to submit to a physical examination. The examining physician recommended the removal of the tumor by surgery and allowed a certain time before making his report to the company. In the meantime a Christian Science practitioner graciously undertook to work for me. During this period the condition seemed to become very aggravated. I became apprehensive over the medical report and its possible effects on my prospective employer's decision. This fear opened the door to acceptance of the physician's recommendation, and one day, almost unwittingly, I found myself on my way to see a surgeon. Nevertheless, in that hour of temptation God's angel thoughts were heard. As I passed a church, its carillon was ringing out one of the tunes in the Christian Science Hymnal (No. 86), and the following words came to me:

For right is right, since God is God;
And right the day must win;
To doubt would be disloyalty,
To falter would be sin.

That was my answer. I was no longer afraid of the physician's report, and I was shortly notified that I was accepted into the company.

At this point I discarded completely the notion that by removing a lump of matter the erroneous thoughts would be eliminated. The work in Science was continued, but with more determination on my part to watch my thoughts, to curb and replace with the truth of being any and all hard, unkind, critical, unjust thoughts, and to be more patient and unhurried. In a few weeks the wrong thoughts that were responsible for the problem began to yield, and this mental purification was seen outwardly in a healing, for the tumor opened and discharged, leaving no evidence.

My gratitude, of course, is great for this healing, but the gratitude I feel for Mrs. Eddy and the exact Science she was divinely led to expound is even greater. I am thankful for the love, patience, and understanding of practitioners; for the unselfed service of teachers of Christian Science and the exalting influence of class instruction; also for the faithfulness of all those who down through the ages have exemplified in some measure the Christ, Truth.—Kenneth M. Peabody, Bronxville, New York.

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