Testimony of Healing February 4, 1905 Issue

To be able to bear witness to the great healing power of...

May Berger

To be able to bear witness to the great healing power of Truth and Love is to me a positive proof that there is a God. I had been under the treatment of doctors for years, never taking a meal without first taking my medicine. I never traveled without a certain kind of medicine in my satchel, for it seemed at that time to be always needed. A third operation was thought necessary in my case, since two others had proved failures, but the third one proved a failure as well, and then I said I was through with doctors, that this was the last one I should ever consult. I did not give him up though, until he acknowledged that the operation was not a success. After this I suffered greatly from an injury to my foot, caused through neglect on the nurse's part, but I got crutches and used them after I went home. The doctor called daily to attend to my foot, but I grew worse rather than better, and I finally said to the doctor that I thanked him for all his efforts but that he need not come again.

The day before I went to the sanitarium I had a talk with a Christian Scientist, the first one I had ever met. I had never heard of Christian Science up to this time. After the doctor went away I immediately sent for this lady, who gave me a treatment; that night I had a delightful sleep, and felt very thankful. I shall never forget the time the thought came to me to put on my shoe. I was alone in my room as I looked down to my swollen foot, and it seemed impossible to put on my shoe, but the third time this thought came, I got right up, put on my shoe, and walked several blocks, without crutch or cane; God was my support, the work was done. I have held to Christian Science ever since, and I have never been tempted to take any kind of medicine, or consult a physician since. This was ten years ago. My pathway has not been strewn with roses, but I have clung steadfastly to God, as all Christian Scientists do in the hour of darkness. As Paul says, When I was weak then was I strong. Many times I have found it so.

I am glad I have found God, and I am trying to get nearer Him every day by living the life shown by our Master and explained by Mrs. Eddy in our text-book. To feel that God has no consciousness of sin has brought me out of darkness into His glorious light. I feel a deep love for Mrs. Eddy. — May Berger, Los Angeles, Cal.

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