Testimony of Healing March 25, 1905 Issue

In August, 1903. I went to board in a home where the...

Wm. R. Edwards

In August, 1903. I went to board in a home where the lady of the house was a Christian Scientist, and she induced me to read Science and Health. When I went to this home I was in bondage to several bad habits, among them were the chewing and smoking of tobacco in very large quantities, and the use of profane language. I also suffered from biliousness. Prior to this time I had been studying so-called mental science, spiritualism, and well-nigh every ism that came to my notice. About three weeks after I started to read Science and Health, I noticed the statement on page 454 that Christian Scientists should not be addicted to the use of tobacco and intoxicating drinks, and through the thought awakened I was enabled to quit their use very soon after. One after another all my ailments have been disappearing, and I am only too glad to give Truth the glory for healing me.

A few weeks before I became interested in Christian Science I had one of the bones in my right hand broken. I never had it set, but it was completely healed in October, and has not troubled me since.

One evening last winter, when I was getting my supper, I opened a can of beans. I did not then notice anything wrong with their color but they had a slightly metallic taste. I ate a saucerful of them about 6 P.M. and thought nothing more of it at the time. About half-past seven I was taken with a violent pain in the stomach, and immediately the thought of ptomaine poisoning came to me. With it came these words of the Master. "These signs shall follow them that believe: . . . they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them." This was all I could remember, but I clung steadfastly to that one statement; the pain left me very soon, and I lay down and fell asleep. Later I was awakened by a terrible dream, and when I awoke I found myself in very great pain. I again declared the truth and the pain left me. I then went to be and slept for some time, when I was again awakened by the most terrible pain, and I seemed very weak. The next day being Sunday I went to church, but I was not entirely free from the effects of the poison until Wednesday evening, when I gave this testimony and all the soreness left me.

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