Testimony of Healing September 30, 1905 Issue

I first learned of Christian Science fifteen years ago,...

JULIETTE PRENTISS

I first learned of Christian Science fifteen years ago, through the healing of my sister of neurosis and many other troubles from which she had ceased to look for relief in materia medica. She had failed to receive help or even encouragement from any of the best authorities within reach, a specialist included. Soon after my sister's healing, I was healed of chronic diarrhoea, through her understanding of the truth, after dieting and doctors had failed to help me. I have always found Christian Science a present help in trouble.

The Friday before Communion Sunday in June, 1902, my little daughter, between two and three years old, was playing on the back piazza of the second floor, when all of a sudden she leaned over the railing, and in an instant fell to the rough, unsodded yard, a distance of sixteen feet. Both my husband and I were on the piazza at the time, but it happened so quickly that we were powerless to prevent it. I prayed as I ran down-stairs to get my darling, realizing that God was the only presence and the only power. In spite of opposing evidence, I continued to realize the truth as I carried her up-stairs, thanking God for His goodness. She soon became conscious and her first words were, "Mamma, treatment!" The accident happened about seven o'clock and soon after eight she was sleeping quietly in her crib. I telephoned my. sister, in another town, for help as soon as I could. The child had a restful night, but when I set her down on her feet, in the morning after dressing her, she drew up one foot and said, "Mamma, I can't walk." I assured her of Truth's power, and took her by the hand, and she did walk, though there was strong evidence of lameness on one side. After that she played as usual all day. There was no discoloration on any part of her body, and on Sunday we went to Boston, as we had planned, to attend the annual Communion, and the little one sat or stood through the long service. The limping was overcome in a short time through the power of Truth.

I could only sing, "my cup runneth over," so full was I of joy for this proof that divine Love does care for us. The little one is now nearly five years old, and has known no other help than that of Christian Science, to which she ever looks. Last summer whooping-cough was on every side of us, and even in the house, down-stairs; but both the little one and I realized the truth each day, and many times some days, when we heard the coughing all about us, and even though she was directly exposed, she did not take it.

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