Testimony of Healing April 11, 1908 Issue

Having been a student of Christian Science for some...

Sara E. Ayres

Having been a student of Christian Science for some years, and realizing the great blessing it has been to me and mine, it affords me genuine pleasure to bear testimony in this public manner to what Truth will do where materia medica has failed. There have been many wonderful things accomplished in my family of which I might write, but I will tell as briefly as possible of my grandson's healing. At the time of which I write he was about three years old. In July, 1904, he was taken sick. Home remedies were not effective, so his parents called a doctor. The medicine he left was faithfully given ; still there was no improvement. Four days later another physician was employed, who carefully diagnosed the case and, pronouncing it a very critical one, ordered a trained nurse and all the accompaniments that go to equip a sick-room under the direction of the modern physician. Still the child continued to grow worse instead of better. Doctor and friends were sad at heart, for nothing tried would allay the fever, so others were called in consultation. They decided that the case had been properly diagnosed and that everything known to medical skill was being done, but that the disease was almost universally fatal, only a few rare cases being recorded as cured, and those who survived were generally feeble-minded or otherwise afflicted thoughout life. After three weeks' sickness, all hope in earthly aid gone, by mutual consent it was agreed to allow a Christian Scientist to take the case. She came about three o'clock in the afternoon. From the beginning I had believed that God could heal the child, and it was with joy unspeakable that I greeted the dear practitioner. She treated him and went home, having given me instructions to report to her every hour. Materia medica with all its accoutrements was laid aside, and alone with God and our darling I watched the long night through, believing, praying, and praising God,— and every hour I reported by telephone to the practitioner in the nearest city, three miles away. In the morning, even as the beautiful sunshine shone into the room, dispelling the gloom of the night, just as real was the evidence that God was doing the work that mortals had failed to do. The change was quite enough to bring hope and trust. That day a Science nurse was installed, and she and I alternated for three days in the care of the child, at the end of which time he was so much better that she could do all that was necessary.

Words fail to express the gratitude and thanksgiving in my heart, as I recall this case: my eyes fill with tears, and my whole being is stirred with joy. reverence, and praise to God for "his wonderful works to the children of men." It was marvelous, pathetic, almost startling to see the healing of this little child, given back to us from the verge of the grave. The unfolding of a rosebud was all I could liken it to, so silently, so perfectly, so beautifully he opened up before us, every feature, every faculty, every part of his being in normal condition. In ten days from the time the Scientist began to treat him he was playing in the yard, to the utter astonishment of all who knew anything about the case. At this writing he is a robust, rollicking boy, almost ready to enter the public school. Can any wonder if we say. "Bless the Lord. O my soul, and forget not all his benefits." — Sara E. Ayres, San Jose, Cal.

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