Testimony of Healing November 6, 1902 Issue

When I was a child I used to love to read pieces in books...

Wm. Lough

When I was a child I used to love to read pieces in books and papers that touched on the subject of healing through prayer. I often prayed for the sick that they should recover, and thought myself successful on several occasions. I desired to know more about the healing power of nineteen hundred years ago. I knew and often expressed myself as believing that the same power exists to-day as of yore. I could not get any light on my darkened consciousness in the church of my fathers, and was willing to take up anything as a study that would enable me to grasp that truth for which I was longing.

Before leaving the old church I tried liquors and drugs of many kinds, those prescribed by many doctors as well as those advertised in the pages of the press. Sometimes I would read pamphlets that described diseases, the symptoms of which exactly corresponded to my case. Then I would send off for the article, on receipt of which I found that I was only duped once more. I tried many such advertisements.

A Christian Science practitioner came to Victoria, British Columbia, where I was residing. On several occasions I advised my friends who seemed inclined to study Science and Health to lay it aside. Several I ventured to advise not to have anything to do with the book which this Scientist was trying to introduce to the people of Victoria, otherwise they would find themselves in bondage.

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