Of the many cases of healing which I have experienced, I want to cite one. Prior to a professional tour through the various parts of the country, for a number of consecutive weeks, I was busy with rehearsals, of which I was an important factor, being at leisure about five minutes out of the three hours consumed in the presentation of our play, and being in one brief instance obliged to waltz.

The first week of preparation passed, when the Sunday following found me laid up for repairs with a dislocation of the knee, unable to move even around my room without assistance. I was in despair, having in mind not only the necessity of my presence at our future rehearsals, but the possibility of some twenty-four people being forced to be idle, pending my recovery.

My husband suggested a practitioner, to which I acquiesced. At the conclusion of the Sunday services, which he attended, he was directed to the lady, who called upon me that same afternoon, and with excellent results, for on Monday morning I not only visited her office but attended rehearsal, which required the ascent of four flights of stairs, in addition to being constantly on my feet. For six days I visited my practitioner, prior to the beginning of the day's work, until I finally felt that error was crawling away defeated. I left New York the succeeding week, and for eleven months traveled and worked without a return of the difficulty, nor have I been troubled since.

While I fully appreciate all that my practitioner did for me through her understanding of divine Mind, I cannot but feel that her strict adherence to the "allness of God," and her unselfed love lifted me even beyond the physical healing, into a clearer and more spiritual understanding of Truth, which has since proved the beacon light that has steered my little boat through error's many storms. My earnest desire in this great unlimited truth, is indeed to show my faith by my works, to be a humble follower of our blessed Wayshower.

Effie Ellsler Weston, New York, N. Y.

Since the publication of my testimony which appeared in the Sentinel of August 27, I have received so many letters from all parts of this country that I have concluded to send a further statement, hoping that it may be of equal interest to your readers. The experience which I related took place in the latter part of 1901 and the early part of 1902. Upon my reaching my home one evening in January, 1902, I detected a very strong smell of wood smoke. I at once called the fire department, and by the time they had reached the scene the fire was well under way and resulted in the destruction of the house and most of its contents.

At this time my wife was slowly recovering from heart disease, under the influence of Christian Science treatment, as related in my former testimony. She had recovered only so far as enabled her to walk with care across her room. When the fire broke out, she was reclining on a couch. Right here I will say that when a child she had met with an accident and received an inguinal hernia which necessitated her wearing a truss whenever she was on her feet, and although her parents had her treated during several years by many physicians and specialists, she failed to receive any benefit from their treatment. The night our house was burned we spent at a neighbor's directly across the street from our home, and the next mornign my wife followed me to the door to bid me good-by and whispered in my ear, "You will have to get me a new truss to-day." I asked her what had become of her truss. She replied that it had been burned up in the fire last night; that she had taken it off before the fire started. She added, "Now, don't forget it, for I cannot get along without one. It has caused me severe pain to get to breakfast this morning without it." This indicated very positively that the rupture was just as severe at that time as it had been before.

After disposing of my morning mail, I closed my desk and went up town for the purpose of purchasing the truss. As I walked along the street something suggested to me to go and tell the Christian Science practitioner; and without any well defined idea why or for what purpose I should see her, I walked directly to her office. When I got there the purpose of my visit was so illy formed in my mind that I felt foolish and hardly knew what to say, as I had no idea that my wife could be healed of this trouble through Christian Science, but I abruptly told the practitioner what I had come uptown for, and she at once remarked that she did not know my wife was afflicted with a hernia, and that had she known it she might already have been healed. She further said that I did not need to buy a truss unless I wished to, that I could say to my wife that she did not need one as she would treat her, and the rupture would be cured. I expressed my surprise that one could be cured of such an ailment through Christian Science, but was told that it was nevertheless a fact, as nothing is impossible to divine Mind, and that the unerring and fixed Principle of all healing is God. The result was that I did not buy a truss. I went home and told my wife what the practitioner had said, and from that day to this she has not worn any truss nor has she had any inconvenience for want of it, and she has experienced no pain. She was absolutely cured, and no other means whatever were used except treatment in Christian Science. She is a very active woman, on her feet a great deal, goes wherever she pleases, does whatever her hands find to do, and is not inconvenienced nor annoyed by any trace or suggestions of hernia or heart disease.

As a family, we have a great deal to be thankful to Christian Science for; we have not used a drop of medicine for over two years. Since my wife's healing she has gone through class with her practitioner, and now has a sufficient understanding of Christian Science to be able to demonstrate its power for other members of the family.

While I myself have not yet studied Christian Science, I hope some day to obtain the understanding. I have seen sufficient of its workings, however, to know that it is a true science, a correct interpretation of the truth, and it affords me great pleasure to be able in a small way to assist others.

While some of this day and generation have been able to tell us new things about astronomy, have made various discoveries along different lines of natural science, art, and manufacture which are beneficial to humanity, in my opinion, no one, for hundreds of years, has ever written anything which has been, and which will in time to come be, of such vast importance and benefit to the human family as the exegesis by Mrs. Eddy of the plain and simple teachings of Jesus Christ. She has pointed out why and how they may be applied to daily life and its exigencies; thus proving conclusively that the orthodox teaching—that "the day of miracles is past"—is a great mistake and without foundation in fact. I am beginning to learn that Christian Science is a good thing in business,—a good practical religion to live by, "giving mortals new motives, new purposes, new affections, all pointing upward. This mental condition settles into strength, freedom, deep-toned faith in God; and a marked loss of faith in evil, in human wisdom, human policy, ways, and means" (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 204).—J. D. Davison, Kansas City, Mo.