Over eleven years ago my health failed, and the best...

Wesley H. Rowe

Over eleven years ago my health failed, and the best medical talent in Chicago was employed but failed to restore me. I was then asked by a friend to try Christian Science, and in one treatment I was instantaneously healed. Nearly all my life I had been a sufferer, and as I grew older the disease continued to get worse. I was treated by a number of physicians with but little benefit, and I also tried medicines, until my system was saturated with poisonous drugs. This was followed by stomach trouble, which seemed to distress me more than the disease had done, and the doctors claimed that it was the effect of the medicines I had taken.

In the spring of 1893 I went to Chicago and secured a position as manager of a World's Fair hotel, and in a few days I was attacked with a fever which my physician pronounced very serious. The doctor did not succeed in breaking it up, and in a few months the other ailments began to grow worse. I changed my doctor, but a nervous break down added to my other troubles, and kept me confined to my rooms and bed a part of the time,—almost a total physical wreck.

It was now near Christmas, 1894; my physician had planned a holiday visit, and I was left in charge of a lady doctor not in active practice, who lived in our hotel. This lady had sprained her ankle and was unable to walk, so I went to her rooms for advice and treatment, which I was scarcely able to do. On my way to the doctor's rooms I met a friend who had been treated in Christian Science for a serious trouble and had been relieved of intense suffering. and who insisted that I should go to see a Christian Scientist, but I replied that I did not have faith in that kind of healing. When I reached the apartment of the doctor, much to my surprise the Scientist was there.

I then told the doctor that I had almost made up my mind to try Christian Science. The doctor replied at once, "Don't hesitate a moment on my account: this lady has been giving me Christian Science treatments for my injured ankle and has relieved me of intense pain." These words from the doctor settled all doubts for me, and I went at once to the Scientist's suite of rooms, where, as stated above, in one treatment I was healed of all the troubles mentioned. For over eleven years I have not been sick enough to be confined to my bed or room, nor have I lost a day from business on account of sickness in that time. I do not claim that in all these years I have always been perfectly well, but I have relied strictly on Christian Science healing, which has never failed to bring quick relief.

Christian Science is not a new system of healing the sick, but is the same grand truth which was practised by Jesus when he healed all manner of disease. This blessed truth and Christ-healing was re-discovered and demonstrated by Mrs. Eddy, a grand, pure, and noble Christian character. She has made it clear to us that nothing is impossible with God; and there is no disease that Christian Science cannot heal, if it be properly applied. The only motive which has prompted me to write this testimony of my healing is that it may be the means of showing a way of relief to suffering humanity.

I may add that, with other Christian Scientists, I have the most kindly feeling of respect for the medical profession; several of my personal friends are physicians, and before I was healed by Christian Science they were very kind and did all they could for me.

Wesley H. Rowe, Brooklyn, N. Y.

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