Testimony of Healing January 4, 1908 Issue

It is five and a half years since I took up the study of...

George M. Wade with contributions from Ella T. Martin

It is five and a half years since I took up the study of Christian Science. I had been sick before this time, for thirteen years, with nervous and catarrhal trouble of the head, throat, and stomach. I was very deaf and could talk but little as my throat was so badly affected, and I could not eat much although I had a great craving for food. During this time I had been treated by six different doctors, only to grow worse right along. I had been a church member off and on all my life, and could not understand why I did not get well. About two years before I took up Christian Science, I concluded I was called to preach, so I thought if God wanted me to preach He would heal me. I then took up "faith cure" and went away to school to study for the ministry. My faith seemed to stop the progress of the disease for a while, but with hard studying the same conditions returned, only worse than before. This was quite a shock to my faith in the justice of God, and I then gave up all thought of preaching and went back to my old work. A short time after this I began to take medicine again.

About this time my uncle came from Colorado and told me about Christian Science, but I did not believe in it or want it just then. I finished taking the medicine I had on hand (was taking twelve doses a day) but was getting worse all the time. To mortal view my case seemed incurable. It was either death or Christian Science, and that soon! A few weeks after, I stopped medicine and began taking absent treatment from a Christian Science practitioner and was benefited at once. I then began to eat whatever I wanted, and have been able to do so ever since with no bad effects. From being a weak, puny man I have grown strong and my health is better now than it has been for twenty years. I can do double the amount of work that I used to do. My progress has been slow at times, but I see now that it was for the best. I have not yet overcome all sense of disease, but Mrs. Eddy says, on page 571 of Science and Health, "Know thyself, and God will supply the wisdom and the occasion for a victory over evil." So I know that everything will be right. I am thankful not only for the physical healing but also for the spiritual uplifting.

Paul's words mean much in Christian Science: "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God." I am now prepared to help others as well as myself in a better manner than before. I thank God for His love and guidance, and Mrs. Eddy for her noble life-work.—Henry Caldwell, Montesano, Wash.

Send a comment to the editors

NEXT IN THIS ISSUE

Testimony of Healing

I have more reason than most people to be grateful to...