Testimony of Healing October 21, 1905 Issue

I was undressing my three-year-old boy for bed, when...

Rose B. Wheeler

I was undressing my three-year-old boy for bed, when suddenly he stumbled and fell against the hot stove, striking it with his bare leg, his arm, and the side of his face. Involuntarily I cried out, but the child did not scream, and his sister immediately declared, "Brother can't be hurt." A little Christian Science friend, who was present, also declared the truth. I gathered my boy up in my arms, and the first words he said, were. "Love is all power. Say Christian Science, mamma." I then began repeating the 91st Psalm. He clung to the words, "Thou shalt not be afraid." "He shall call upon me, and I will answer him." "I will be with him in trouble," and there was such a sweet, trustful look on his baby face; he did not seem to doubt a word of it. He went to bed, repeating our Leader's prayer for the little children (Miscellaneous Writings, p. 400), and saying over and over again the last lines. His sleep was undisturbed, and he seemed to suffer no pain whatever. There was no mark or scar left, simply the black from the stove, to tell of his experience.

I could not express the joy this demonstration gave me. How sweet the little child seemed to us next morning, and how loving and tender we felt toward him. It indeed proved to me that "the standard" of Truth was uplifted against the enemy and that spiritual joy is infinitely greater than any pleasure the senses can give. I felt that the demonstration was given me as a reward for the faithful study of our Lesson-Sermon, and for striving to impress upon the children the truths contained therein. It is my hope that this demonstration may reach some mother who has not yet learned of Christian Science, and who perhaps suffers as much, if not more than one of her little ones, "when the enemy shall come in like a flood," —that is, when one of her little children is in distress and material means prove powerless.

Thanks to dear Mrs. Eddy, and thanks to those who are contributing their experiences to the Sentinel and Journal.

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