Testimony of Healing January 3, 1901 Issue

A Child's Faith Rewarded

A. C. S.

I wish to tell of a case of a severe burn that came to my notice. The prophecy that "a little child shall lead them" was fulfilled in this instance. The little girl whose mother was burned had attended our Sunday School for the first time on Sunday, and on the next Friday the accident occurred. Before sitting down to supper she had put some potatoes in an air-tight can on the stove, intending to make yeast. During the meal, thinking the potatoes were about dry, she went to look at them, and took hold of the can with both hands. As she was removing it the can exploded with a loud report. It being near the Fourth of July the husband thought it was fire-arms or crackers he had heard; but hearing the can fall and thinking something had happened, he went to the kitchen and there found his wife with her hands to her eyes, but so dazed she could not speak. He led her to the sink to wash her face, but she resisted, thinking the water would not be good for the burn, so he picked off the pieces of potato plastered on her face. In the midst of the confusion their little daughter jumped up and down, crying, "Bring Christian Science quick! Bring Christian Science quick!" But they did not heed her plea, and sent for a doctor.

It was found that the potatoes had struck her in both eyes, nose, and cheeks, she had also inhaled the hot steam. The physician applied his remedies, and covered her face with cotton, the applications being renewed several times during the night, and each time the severe pain almost produced spasms. In the morning the little girl, witnessing the intense suffering, again set up her plea for Christian Science. They finally yielded and the child came for me.

They knew nothing of Christian Science. I had never met either of them. I went into the room where the poor sufferer lay. I asked the husband if he wanted Christian Science treatment for his wife, and he replied, "Yes, if you think you can help her." I said, "God can help her," and requested him to take the cotton and medicine off her face. He did so, and such a sight as met my eyes. The face and head swollen, until she did not look like a human being. The eyelids were black, and the entire face a dark purple. I spoke to her, and she moaned, and said, "Oh, I am blind! I am blind!" I told her God was able to make her see, and I gave her a treatment. She fell asleep while I was treating, and did not suffer to amount to anything after this. That same afternoon she could see out of one eye by pulling it open, and the next day could see out of both. Four days later, she picked pieces of potato out of her eyes, showing that the ball of the eye was burned as well as the outside. In a week she was out in the yard, and in two weeks did he   ashing. No one who first saw her, thought she would ever see again; but she is healed without a scar.—Mrs. A. C. S., Pana, Ill.

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