Milford chronicle., 1958-01-17

ever, the attendants insisted on
taking him there. The x rays
showed a fractured back.
The young man insisted upon
reliance on Christian Science,
and hospital attendant kindly
called a Christian Science prac-
titioner for him. He asked the
practitioner to pray for the young
man. The mans wife was also
called. She at once called the
same practitioner, who agreed to
continue on the case provided
the young man was removed from
the hospital. A few hours later
the wife arrived at the hospital,
having borrowed a station wagon,
which she had equipped with a
mattress and blankets. The hos
pital authorities expressed great
fear and concern over further
transportation. They stated that
TO move the man might produce
a complete fracture, which would
result in severing the spinal cord.
The wife, sustained by the
prayer of the practitioner, was
enabled confidently to maintain
her stand, and she quietly in
sisted that her husband be re-
leased from the hospital at once.
After some delay, she was asked
to sign papers releasing the hos
pital from all responsibility. The
young man was tenderly placed
in the station wagon by the hos
pital attendants. The sixty-mile
drive home was then commenced.
During this time, the practitioner
was constantly and consistently
supporting them both. The hus-
band and wife sang hymns from
the Christian Science Hymnal,
rejoicing in Gods goodness and
knowing that man as Gods per-
feet child is not subject TO any
law of accident or destruction.
The practitioner told the young
man that he would find healing
as he examined his thoughts and
rooted out false beliefs. He was
reminded of Mrs. Eddy's state
ment in Science and Health (p.
379): "The Christian Scientist
finds only effects, where the ordi-
nary physician looks for causes.
The real jurisdiction of the world
is in Mind, controlling every eff
feet and recognizing all causation
as vested in divine Mind"
+ The practitioner had discerned
through prayer that the young
man was nursing a deep-seated
resentment because of being sep
arated from his family during his
years of military service. He was
deeply irritated at what he felt
was the stupidity of warfare. He
was told that the only warfare
going on for him at this time
was in his own thinking.
1t was pointed out that he was
helping to build better world as
he saw the unreality of the dis
cordant evidence presented to
human thought. AS he became
conscious only of mans perfect
being, rejecting Life and Love,
he would have a better concept
of the brotherhood of man. He
would then be fulfilling the
Scripture, Love thy neighbour
as thyself" (Matt. 1919.
He began to see that in the
oneness of Mind man is not di-
vided into races, nationalities,
creeds, or social strata. He saw
that Mind holds within itself no
discordant element, no possibil-
ity of division, misunderstanding,
no strife. He learned that these
belong to the human, material
belief of existence, not to the
reality of spiritual being. ~
He was asked to mernoriZe a
statement made by Mrs. Eddy. 1t
is (Science and Health, p. 340):
"One infinite God, good, unifies
men and nations: constitutes the
brotherhood of man; ends wars;
fulfils the Scripture, Love thy
neighbor as thyself;' annihilates
pagan and Christian idolatry,-
whatever is wrong in social, civil,
criminal, political, and religious
codes; equalizes the sexes; annuls
the curse on man, and leaves
nothing that can sin, suffer, be
punished or destroyed"
AS he claimed and accepted
this truth, he found all resent
ment over the 'lost years" leav-
ing his thought. AS he was freed
from making a reality of the car
nal or mortal belief of warfare,
he found a peace a..1 security
which lifted him above thoughts
of mortal conflict.
In less than a week he was
walking about his house, and in
a month he was back at his work.
The following summer he took
part in many outdoor activities,
including mountain climbing
which required the carrying of
heavy pack. This healing took
place several years ago, and since
then the young man has led a
very active and strenuous life as
a business executive.