Testimony of Healing October 30, 1902 Issue

Six years ago I was a despondent, melancholic, unhappy...

Lillie C. Ames

Six years ago I was a despondent, melancholic, unhappy invalid, a victim of inherited stomach trouble. For several years I tried all forms of treatment with the best physicians here, and at last tried a special form of treatment, which prescribed a rigid diet for a year. Becoming emaciated, weak, and discouraged, I consulted other physicians. Some told me I was being starved to death, but the slightest departure from the prescribed diet brought much suffering. In this hopeless condition, my husband and I felt that something must be done soon for my relief, so as a last resort it was decided I should go to a well known sanitarium. My trunk was packed and tickets ordered, when a friend called and asked me to put off my going for two weeks and try Christian Science. My reply was, "I don't believe in Christian Science, and it would be time wasted." She responded, "Well, if it doesn't do you any good, it certainly will do you no harm." This seemed reasonable, and I consented to go with her to see a practitioner. The influence that first talk had upon me words fail to describe. It was like a ray of sunshine in a darkened room. I was a stranger and she took me in; hungry, and she gave me the bread which cometh down from heaven; thirsty, and she gave me the living water. The next day I had neuralgia—an old enemy—and sent for the practitioner. This was overcome in one treatment. Regular treatments were begun and continued for about ten days. One trouble after another vanished in a way that seemed to me miraculous. The Science literature was to me "As cold waters to a thirsty soul."

I ate everything I desired after the second treatment without discomfort, thought at first with doubt and trembling, but Truth gained the victory over all my fears.

After the second treatment my glasses were laid aside. They had been worn constantly for three years. Oculists pronounced the trouble astigmatism, caused by the shock of an operation. It has now been six years, and I have never felt the need of glasses since and my sight is much better than when I used them. During the past six years, many opportunities have come to me to prove this Truth; and I wish to express my gratitude to our Leader for the loving self-sacrifice of which Science and Health is the outcome.—Lillie C. Ames, Denver, Col.

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