One night when I was thirteen years old, I woke up and...

James Spencer Sarpong with contributions from Berchie Thomas Kwame Sarpong

One night when I was thirteen years old, I woke up and started vomiting. I tried to report this to my daddy. But when he called back to me, I couldn't respond aloud.

Then I remembered the "Daily Prayer" in the Manual of The Mother Church by Mrs. Eddy and I also remembered the Lord's Prayer, with its spiritual interpretation found in Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. Praying in this way helped me. Very quickly all sickness ceased and I was healed. By the time my father reached me, I was well. And I continued my domestic tasks the next day.

Through Christian Science I proved the nothingness of superstition. I was sent by my daddy to buy palm oil late in the evening. I went to two sellers and they said it was night so they wouldn't sell it to me. I went to the third seller and pleaded greatly, and she boldly told me that no one will measure it for me because it was night and that one would suffer blindness for measuring such oil at night. I told her that Christ, Truth, had buried all superstition through Jesus. She told me that if I would measure the oil myself, she would then sell it to me.

With my understanding of what I had learned from attending the Christian Science Sunday School and also remembering what my daddy taught me from the book Science and Health— "We need to understand the affirmations of divine Science, dismiss superstition, and demonstrate truth according to Christ,"—I then measured the oil without fear. I went home to prepare a dish of stewed food with the palm oil, and I can attest that nothing happened to my eyes.

I am also very glad to say that, since I was a child, I have never had to use drugs, as our family relies fully on God for spiritual healing.

James Spencer Sarpong
Hohoe, Ghana

I am James Spencer Sarpong's father, and am very glad to verify that his testimonies are correct as stated.

By God's grace, James has been with me since his infancy. I am happy about the harmony Christian Science has brought to my personal life, to the relationship with all mankind, and with our entire family.

Berchie Thomas Kwame Sarpong

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