Testimony of Healing December 10, 1904 Issue

About fifteen months ago, when our baby was but a few...

Fred H. Hill

About fifteen months ago, when our baby was but a few weeks old, I was awakened one night by my wife, saying, "Send for the doctor, quick, the baby has an attack of croup and is choking to death." I told her that God was the best Physician, and that He would heal the baby. In a few minutes the little fellow was sleeping peacefully,—God had indeed healed him. A few weeks ago we found our child lying in his crib, in spasms. He was a pitiful looking sight,—unconscious, his body quite rigid, with mucus over his nose and mouth, his face pallid, and breathing so faintly, that to mortal sense he was surely dying. I commenced to treat the child. In a few minutes there was a slight improvement, but fear was being manifested so strongly that it was thought best to send for a practitioner. About one hour after the latter's arrival, the child began to regain consciousness, and two hours later was smiling and cooing in his baby way. A friend who is not a Scientist saw the child just before the practitioner was sent for. The next morning when he called and found him healed, he said, "I firmly believed the child was dying and did not retire until three o'clock this morning, expecting every moment to receive a message saying he was dead. It seems wonderful, wonderful."

I thank God for the blessings He has bestowed upon us. I also wish to express my sincere gratitude to our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, and to the kind practitioner who has done so much for my family.—Fred H. Hill, Concord, N. H.

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