A young man, the son of a Scientist, but who was not interested in Science himself, fell from an excursion train while it was yet in motion, landing on his head and becoming unconscious for a time. His scalp was torn from his head and hung down over his cheek; there were bruises about the face and one eye was in a very bad condition. With the aid of a companion he made his way to his home a mile distant through back streets, fearing that, if he encountered a policeman, he would be taken to a hospital, of which he had a horror. He wished to go home and have his mother treat him.

When he reached home, his mother and sister immediately put down their sense of fear and realized the ever-present Good. I was then asked to take the case. A doctor who was summoned for the surgical part, sewed up the scalp, taking twenty-one stitches. He wished to have the young man taken to a hospital, but the mother would not consent. During his visit he picked up the Christian Science Hymnal and smiled in a knowing way; then turning to the mother he tried to impress her with the seriousness of the case, and cautioned her to watch for signs of twitching during the night, assuring her that such signs would develop into convulsions and result in a speedy death if he were not immediately summoned.

Next morning the young man was about the house well, and absolutely without pain. The doctor was astonished and dazed, and declared that when he first saw the patient the evening before he thought he would not live more than fifteen minutes. In less than a week the stitches were removed, and in two weeks the young man went to work. I treated the case one week and two days. The last time I called I saw him in the yard cutting grass. Did I treat that case more than others? No, not so much; for I felt that man had very little to do with it. All sense of responsibility is eliminated from my thought at such times, because I realize that God is all, in whom "all being is painless and permanent" (Science and Health).

Another case: A young boy seven years old was taken with some ailment which resulted in all sorts of complications. After months of sickness, pneumonia was developed, which became so serious that the attending physician called in three others in consultation, and it was decided to cut a piece of rib from the boy's side, and through the aperture to insert a silver tube, thus making an outlet for the pus which had accumulated, and which they said would very shortly deprive the child of breath and life, if not relieved in the manner above described.

The child's life was despaired of, and the mother, as a last resort, came to me. She told me about the case, and said that one doctor had made one hundred and four calls, and that others had assisted in the operation. I went, knowing that God was the only healer. The boy was much bent to the side where the tube was inserted, and seemed to be in a bad way physically. The next day I called and found him sitting up in bed playing, and in three days the tube was removed. In ten days the boy walked over half a mile, and in two weeks was entirely well.

At the same time I was treating the above case, realizing God as the only power and the only healer, another case came to me which seemed very dangerous. It was that of a boy, also seven years old, who had pneumonia and paralysis of the lower limbs. He had been doctored by a prominent physician, who finally gave him up to die. The mother desired me to take charge of the case. I found the patient in bed, and the mother, to show me how utterly helpless he was, attempted to stand him on his feet on the floor. His legs collapsed under him and were utterly without feeling. Pills and medicine were immediately destroyed, and the mother's reliance placed entirely upon Truth. The boy had not eaten anything for some days, but two hours after my call, he ate two eggs, besides other food, and also drank. The next day he was sensible of feeling when his legs were pinched, and on the following day I found him standing against a chair. After that he learned to walk as a child would learn; first standing against a chair, after a while venturing to take a step or two, and then going from one chair to another, and finally walking and running as well as ever. In two weeks from my first visit he was well.

Do not let any one imagine that all my cases respond as readily to Truth's ministrations as the above; far from it. I have had many slow cases. Man is simply an humble instrument in God's hand, and can only reflect the Truth, and Truth will do its perfect work. Never doubt God's power to destroy sickness and sin, and you will surely go on from demonstration to demonstration, ascending the mount of Revelation, and finally gaining for yourself the approbation and benediction of the Master, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord."