Testimony of Healing October 20, 1906 Issue

One who had tried nearly every material remedy asked...

J. D. Crisler with contributions from Bell Robison

One who had tried nearly every material remedy asked me in utter despair to find him a quiet boarding-place, in the hope that this change might help him. The first house at which I called on this mission was occupied by a Christian Scientist, the first one I had ever met. She advised me to find a practitioner instead of a boarding-place for my friend, and gave me an address. Her earnestness impressed me, and I told her I would advise an investigation of the subject. After leaving, I concluded to see the practitioner at once, and this decision changed the whole course of my life. During a few interviews I became deeply interested, and began attending the Christian Science services. At that time I was suffering from stomach trouble, and for months had lived on a very rigid diet. I had tried various remedies and was then taking medicine daily.

After one treatment I realized that the truth had made me free, and I have for more than a year been without either fear or inconvenience. The gloomy and despondent moods which oppressed me have never returned. I soon found that I was no longer subject to colds, which had previously annoyed me so much. A catarrhal affection which had been my constant companion for a number of years, was no longer in evidence. I had worn a truss since boyhood,—more than thirty years,—but I removed it soon after this time. With one absent treatment I laid aside this lifelong companion, with all the fear that had necessitated its use.

The spiritual uplifting which followed deserves my deepest gratitude. The knowledge of God thus attained has completely changed my attitude toward my fellow-men; has broadened, brightened, and beautified an existence which once seemed dark and cheerless. To live a Christian Scientist is a debt of love I owe to God, and to the one through whom He has revealed this truth and who has made it possible for me to receive so great a blessing.

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