I am not a member of the Church of Christ, Scientist

George de Metz

I am not a member of the Church of Christ, Scientist. In fact, until April, 1974, I knew very little about Christian Science. Since 1969, my health had not been very good. I had suffered from a series of heart attacks and increasingly and dangerously high blood pressure to such an extent that by April, 1974, I did not expect to live much longer. A medical examination made at a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, at that time only confirmed previous medical examinations made elsewhere. I was given a prescription for a medication to use whenever I had any more attacks. I was very frightened and extremely depressed.

One Sunday morning in April, while walking beside a large reflecting pool near Huntington Avenue in Boston, I passed in front of a large edifice, which I knew was a Christian Science church. I did not enter because, frankly, my opinion of Christian Science at that time was not very good and because I did not think highly of people who "did not believe in doctors."

Next to the large church was a smaller church edifice, which also faced the same reflecting pool. My eyes were drawn to a sign reading "Spanish Church Services." The sign did not mention that this was also a Christian Science church, and I did not realize that this was the Original Mother Church edifice.

I understand Spanish very well (I am a graduate of the University of Madrid and a professor of languages), so I decided to enter the church. Inside, during the service, the words were read that sickness is unreal. I believe that the Lesson-Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly was entitled "Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real?" Immediately I felt or somehow experienced a strange awakening or awareness, and I mentally expressed a very profound desire that my sickness be unreal. I also remember praying that God's will be done.

When I left the church, I immediately felt that I was now in excellent health, in spite of all the medical records clearly indicating the contrary. This strange feeling persisted so much that I returned to the hospital and requested another medical examination. The doctor who examined me was so surprised at my recovery that he immediately arranged for some additional thorough electrocardiogram examinations. Much to the doctor's surprise, all of the elaborate examinations showed that my heart was in perfect condition and my health was now excellent, with normal blood pressure, and so on. I was questioned by several doctors for over an hour, as they apparently believed that during my numerous travels around the world I might have obtained some medication unknown to the doctors here in the United States.

God healed me through Christian Science, and since then I have been studying its teachings.

George de Metz
Boston, Massachusetts

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