Testimony of Healing December 26, 1903 Issue

In the year 1902, I read in a church calendar a malicious...

A Schoepp

In the year 1902, I read in a church calendar a malicious squib about Christian Science and did not think much of it, because it seemed nothing new to me to read about conflicting opinions of different religious denominations. Later on a neighbor told me something of Christian Science and I read some of its literature. I also attended their services in order to judge righteously.

Last spring when my wife was dangerously ill, we turned to Christian Science and sent for a practitioner, and through the efficacy of the Scientist's prayer, she soon regained her health. Recently I had the following experience in our neighbor's home, where several young Russians live who are working in factories here. One of them, a strong, fine youth, who often plays with our children, was suddenly attacked with bowel complaint and suffered intensely. The physicians had him removed to a hospital and insisted upon an operation. A friend of this youth, who had has some bad experience with physicians in the case of a broken arm, prevented the operation and had the patient brought home.

He was in bed, suffering intensely, and in this condition I found him when I called there. I asked whether he took any medicine to relieve his suffering. They told me that the physician had called that same day, but had not prescribed any medicine because he believed that an operation alone could help him. I offered to call in a doctor, but they did not accept this, because they had lost confidence in them.

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