Testimony of Healing October 1, 1904 Issue

Verily man's extremity is God's opportunity

T. W. G.

Verily man's extremity is God's opportunity. This was proven to me when all material remedies had failed and I allowed myself to be healed through Christian Science.

About eighteen months ago I was taken down with a severe attack of appendicitis. For eight hours I suffered almost unbearable agony. I called in a physician who gave me medicine which relieved me, but I had to remain in my bed for three weeks on account of soreness, and after getting up there was always a weakness that never left me. I continued to try everything I could to relieve the soreness and weakness, changed my physician, took patent medicines, electricity, and whatever else I could hear of, but could not gain any more strength. Again I was attacked with another severe cramping spell, which made me much weaker. My physicians, after doing all that they could to relieve me of the pain, advised me to try a change of climate. I tried a change of climate for two months, and had to return home still worse, weaker, and having nervous spells. About every third day I was confined to my bed. At this point I began to lost all hope, having grown weary of the many failures to receive help. I asked my physicians if they could not help me any more, and they told me medicine could do no more for me, and the only thing that could save me was undergo an operation, and that would be very dangerous, because I was so weak and had heart trouble, but that it was the only possible chance. Darkness seemed to prevail, but a dear friend who knew of my extremity told me of Christian Science, and asked me to give it at least a fair trail. Feeling that there was nothing more for me in materia medica, I accepted it very gladly. After the first treatment I never had another nervous spell, and in two weeks was able to attend to my work and improved rapidly every day. In six weeks I was perfectly well, having gained some fifteen pounds in flesh. Thus the verity of our Master's saying was proved to me, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." We have had many demonstrations in our family since. I am glad to say that through my healing my wife and a number of relatives have been led to see the beauty and power of Christian Science, and have accepted its teachings.

I know all that I am I owe to Christian Science, and am deeply thankful to God for this blessed truth that we have received through the never-ceasing love and labor of our dear Leader. I am also very grateful to the practitioners who are so faithfully voicing this word of Truth.

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