Testimony of Healing April 11, 1901 Issue

Quickly Restored to Health

S. A. HILTEBRAND

Easter time has a doubly sacred significance to me, inasmuch as it marks the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, and the time of my being brought from darkness into light, and from a bed of suffering and pain to perfect health, joy, and peace.

January 30, 1898, error laid me low with several different troubles, some of which had been my constant companions for twenty-five years. It laid a seemingly strong hand on me and held me firmly for nine weeks, during which time I was under the care of three of Fort Wayne's best physicians, that city being my home at that time. It was finally decided that two surgical operations would be necessary before I could be well, and the arrangements were partly made, but as I had been unable either to eat or to sleep, I had become very much reduced, and the physicians concluded it best to defer the operations until I regained my strength, at least in part.

However, all material remedies and the best of care and nursing failed to restore this lost strength. Nine weeks came and went, and finally, on Wednesday night, April 6, I suffered a very severe relapse when peritonitis developed. Our faithful doctor was sent for, and after two hours of earnest work left me very little better. I continued in this condition until the following Friday afternoon, when a very dear friend, a Christian Scientist, called, not to talk Science to me, however, as she had tried that before and been ridiculed. But "through suffering we are purified," and the soil was ready for the planting of the seed.

Send a comment to the editors

NEXT IN THIS ISSUE

Testimony of Healing

Questions Answered in Christian Science