Testimony of Healing January 17, 1901 Issue

Love's Protecting Power

M. Florence Eustis

Once I was asked if I would trust to Christian Science if my boy had scarlet fever. The disease had at that time made its appearance in the city. "What I shall do in the future," I answered, "I know not. As the day, so shall my strength be; but Christian Science is as much a preventive as a curative, so I see no need of getting to that point."

One Saturday soon after this, I sent my boy to play with a child who had had the fever, and was still confined to the house. Let me add here that the doctor had pronounced all safe and the young son who had been sent away had returned, but still the neighbors feared to allow their children to go in. I would not unnecessarily expose my boy to what mortal mind says is danger. We have enough errors to overcome as it is.

Monday morning as I looked from the window, I saw the fever sign returned to my neighbor's door, and at the same time heard my bell ring. Feeling what was coming, I went to the door myself. There stood the neighbor looking hopeless, and she said, "You've seen it? Don't blame me. I didn't ask you to let S. come in. F. has it. The doctor says we probably did not fumigate properly. Oh, I am so sorry, what will you do?"

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