Testimony of Healing April 22, 1905 Issue

"For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep...

Catharine S. Albers

"For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone." One day in March, 1903, a party of seven, including my sister and myself, who were the only ones interested in Christian Science, was driving up a mountain road, when suddenly the horses took fright at an automobile which whirled around a bend farther up the road. The chauffeur stopped his machine as soon as he could, but the horses continued to plunge and back. The mountains rose abruptly on one side, and a precipitous declivity twenty-five or thirty feet deep was on the other side. At the first indication of trouble my sister and I exchanged glances, each knowing the other was declaring the truth. My uncle, who was on the middle seat with me, jumped out and went to the horses, but was unable to control them sufficiently to prevent them from backing the carriage down the bank. The vehicle was so constructed that it was difficult for any except those on the middle seat to get out, even had there been opportunity. I decided to make the attempt and reached the step, when down we went. Although unable either to get out or regain my seat, I felt not the slightest fear. It seemed clear to my sister and to me that in divine Mind there can be no accidents, and the verses quoted above rang in my ears. As the carriage reached the bottom it turned over on the side I was on, and as it was turning I stepped off and walked safely out of reach of the falling vehicle. Divine Love was leading me, for I was not conscious of leaving the carriage until I found myself out of its way. Not a member of the party was in the least injured, save the man who drove, he having a little skin knocked off the knuckles of one hand, and the lady on the seat with him, who had two slight bruises. Neither of the horses was hurt. Not a scratch could be found, even on the under one who was tangled in the harness. Not a strap or buckle broke, nor was the carriage injured. The most beautiful part of the demonstration to my sister and to me was the entire absence of fear in any of us, and the unusualness of it caused not a little comment. That no one screamed was also considered surprising. The people in the automobile, however, were greatly alarmed, and running to us, excitedly asked who was hurt. They said it was a miracle that we, the horses, and carriage could go down a steep bank like that, miss all the stones below, and have no bones broken, not even a wheel of the carriage splintered. When we returned to the hotel, our arms filled with the ferns and oranges we had been gathering, and with the dust brushed from our clothes, the people there were for some time loth to believe our story, and declared that we were joking.

My sister and I are very thankful for even the small understanding of Christian Science which we have, and grateful to the dear Leader who has brought to us the realization of the ever-presence and power of divine Love.

Catharine S. Albers, Los Angeles, Cal.

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