Testimony of Healing February 28, 1901 Issue

The Power of the Word

Ethelyn Gill

It has been my great pleasure to see two cases of disease disappear, each within a two hours' conversation, by a few simple statements of what the mission of Christian Science is. One was that of a young child of eight months, who from birth had suffered from constipation. The fear of the parents because of this condition was intense, and the little one was continually subjected to material means for relief. An explanation was given of the view Christian Science takes in such cases, and with the assurance of the groundlessness of their fears, the fears disappeared. From that time the child has been perfectly free, and in a few weeks was so much improved in appearance that the father, having been gone from home for those few weeks immediately following the healing, was amazed at the great change in the child, and said had he not known the nurse-maid who was with the child in the street upon his return, he would not have believed it to be the one he left at home.

The second was that of a gentleman who went to explain his wife's needs to a practitioner one evening, and entered into conversation with her regarding the subject of Christian Science. They spent an hour or so talking together, in which the gentleman made no mention of his own needs. In a day or two he was much surprised to find that the chronic diarrhœa to which he has been in bondage for years, and consequently in fear of many things to eat, had disappeared entirely. Both of these instances go to show the spoken word of Truth and Love to be "quick and powerful."

Miss Ethelyn Gill, Chicago, Ill.

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