Testimony of Healing December 17, 1904 Issue

Six years ago when Christian Science found me I was...

Lewis Waltz

Six years ago when Christian Science found me I was a wreck, morally, physically, and spiritually, and was without hope or God in the world. I had become addicted to the liquor habit and many times would drink to excess. I had often tried to reform and to get free from the many immoral habits which were taking away my health and life, but moral courage would always fail and sin seemed to be ever the victor. But, thanks to God and to Mrs. Eddy, I was led to investigate Christian Science through the healing of a relative, not thinking it would be of any benefit to me, being only curious to learn what it taught. Before I had gone far with the investigation, to my surprise, my old habits began to let go of me one by one, until all had disappeared and I found myself free. The last to let go was the liquor habit, which clung to me almost two years after I began to study Science and Health. We had no other help than the text-book, for my wife and I at that time were alone on a farm. It has been four years since I have tasted liquor, and I can truthfully say I am healed, since I have not had a desire for it in that time, nor have I had a desire to indulge in any other immoral habits. I also had many physical ailments that have all been healed, and I am thoroughly convinced of the efficacy of Christian Science to heal in all cases, both acute and chronic, if scientifically applied.

I will here give to the Field a demonstration over a fracture of the spine from a fall, which to me is a great proof of God's care for His children who have learned to know His name. On October 7, 1902, I was helping to remove the roof from a one-story factory building, when, in a moment of forgetfulness, I stepped backward into the space where the roof had been removed and fell to the floor below, a distance of about fifteen feet, with head down, alighting on the edge of a pile of bricks just across the small of my back. As I started to fall I realized in a moment what I had done, and the thought came to me, "God is with me, I cannot be injured." I was not unconscious for a moment, neither was I frightened, but began to realize the allness of God and the nothingness of matter as I never had before. In a few moments I arose and walked a few steps and sat down; then I lost the use of my body but not of my consciousness. I called to a fellow-workman who was in another part of the building, and told him what had happened. I was taken to my home, and my wife, being a Scientist also, did not become frightened, but dismissed the men who brought me and went to work to help me, dressing my wounds as best she could, for my head was cut and both elbows were jammed. There being no practitioner in the town where we resided at that time, we telegraphed to a friend in Chicago for help. This was about four o'clock in the afternoon, and I was perfectly helpless so far as my body was concerned, being more like a corpse than a live man until about eight the same evening. I then arose and walked across the room; the next day I walked in the yard, and on the third day I walked a distance of half a mile. On Sunday following, which was the sixth day, I rode in a buggy to Richmond, Ind., a distance of eighteen miles, to hear Judge Ewing lecture: and in just two weeks after the accident I was at work again without any sense of the injury whatever. This to me, as to all others who saw or knew of it, was a beautiful demonstration and a positive proof of what Christian Science will do for those who stand firm in time of need.

I am very grateful for Christian Science, for it has made me free and made life worth living. It makes no difference to me what others do, but as for me and my house, we will serye God.—Lewis Waltz, Anderson, Ind.

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