Testimony of Healing July 31, 1902 Issue

Christian Science came to me in April, 1899, when very...

I. H.

Christian Science came to me in April, 1899, when very near death's door. I had spent the greater part of seventeen years in bed, and was no comfort to myself or family. For days at a time I could not endure my children near me. During that time I had twenty-one doctors. Two operations were performed. The last did not heal for a year, and then it was healed by Science treatment.

My eyes were in a dreadful condition. Two of the best oculists in the country said they had never seen a case like mine, and I could never go without glasses. I used to wait until the gas was out, then take my glasses off and lay them on the floor under my bed. The first thing in the morning as soon as my eyes were opened I put on glasses, sometimes an hour or two before it was time to get up. For two and three days at a time I would have to stay in bed with a bandage over my eyes and shades down to keep out any light, and my eyes would be so swollen that I could not open them. After the excruciating pain would leave, my eyes would be black as though they were bruised. I have never had my glasses on since my first treatment. I have been able to read and do all kinds of fancy work. I crocheted a black silk bag with steel beads at night, without any bad effects.

This sweet assurance is given to us through the understanding of omnipresent Love, all our sins, aches, and troubles can be destroyed. If we do our work as the Master taught us, we shall get more of the understanding of that Love which casts out fear. I am very grateful for all the blessings I have received, and the little understanding I have, which has taught me to help and love my brethren as Jesus told us to do. I am striving to be ever on the watch, and pray for that Mind which was also in Christ Jesus. I am grateful to our Leader for unveiling to me the Christ for whom I had been seeking all my life. I wanted to live a Christian life, and I thought I was so living; but now I find that we can only do so by doing as the Master taught, preaching the gospel and healing the sick.

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