Testimony of Healing August 17, 1899 Issue

Severe Burns Healed

Marion Freling

Kansas City Journal

Reading the account of Mr. Stephenson's injuries from burns and his successful treatment through Christian Science recalls my own case, which was so extreme as to render any doubt of Christian Science being the remedial agent impossible and should convince the most sceptical.

About four years ago I met with a serious accident in my father's trunk factory in this city. The gas had been left burning in the drying room, and from lack of oxygen the light had gone out, leaving the gas escaping. Having occasion to go to this room after dark I thoughtlessly lighted a jet in the large room adjoining and then opened the door of the drying room. The gas ignited, causing a terrific explosion, breaking all the windows in the building and some across the street, and shook buildings several blocks away. I was thrown across the room, unconscious. On rallying I realized that I was terribly burned and my suffering was intense. I believed firmly in Christian Science and my one thought was to grope my way to the street and call a carriage without arousing excitement. This I did, and put myself immediately under Science treatment, with no thought of seeking relief from any other source.

My face, hands, and wrists were badly burned. There was not a spot on my face as large as a pea that was not burned through the flesh. The back of one hand was completely torn off, leaving the muscles exposed. My lips and the inside of my mouth and nostrils were so badly burned that I could not take food that required chewing or breathe through my nose. My eyes were badly burned inside and outside, and those about me said I had lost all semblance to a human being. My face and hands were swollen twice their usual size. There was also a deep burn on my chest, and this, with the condition of my mouth and nostrils, indicated that I must have inhaled some of the fire.

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