Testimony of Healing March 27, 1909 Issue

Words cannot express the gratitude I feel for what...

Emma Hawley

Words cannot express the gratitude I feel for what Christian Science has done for me. I had employed a doctor constantly for the past thirty-five years, up to five years ago, when I first heard of Christian Science. I had just undergone an operation, this being my third experience on the operating table, when a friend advised me to try Christian Science. I was feeling very much discouraged, for the doctor had told me that he had done all he could, and that I was to keep very quiet and not do anything about the house for a year; that if I followed out his instructions I might get well, but he would not promise. When I told my husband about Christian Science he laughed at it, but he wanted me to do anything that would help me. We employed a Christian Science practitioner, and I am deeply grateful for the faithful work that was done for me. From the very first treatment there was a change, and I was so much better after the first week that I took all my meals in the dining-room at regular times. The first the doctor knew of my having Christian Science treatment was after he had not seen me for eight days, he having been called away. When he came to the house, early one morning, he found me in the dining-room eating breakfast, and I went to greet him. He was startled to see me there and said the last bottle of medicine had certainly done me much good, but that he had brought another with him which would give me more strength. I told him I had never opened the other bottle, and he very soon left the house, saying that if I needed him I could send for him.

I am very thankful to God that I have had no occasion to use material remedies. Three months from my first treatment in Christian Science we moved to Berkeley, and two months later I was doing all my own housework and have done it ever since, which has been five years. For all of these blessings I am very thankful to God, and to our beloved Leader.—Mrs. Emma Hawley, Berkeley, Cal.

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