Testimony of Healing April 16, 1910 Issue

I am very glad to be able to pay a tribute to Christian Science,...

Christian Hoefel

I am very glad to be able to pay a tribute to Christian Science, and heartfelt thanks to our dear Leader. This testimony will show how wonderfully our dear Father in heaven can and will heal wounds, no matter how alarming they may look to the mortal eye. On Dec. 3, 1907, I went to work as usual, but had a severe injury to my hand from a circular saw. A wagon was called to take me to a doctor, but I realized that God alone could be the healer, so I declared the truth as well as I could, knowing He would help me. I got to the doctor; and after waiting for an hour he came and looked at the fingers. Once in a while the pain was terrible, but by declaring the truth it soon left me. The doctor (a fine man) told the driver who was with me, that all he could do was to cut the fingers off, as there was not enough left to be sewed together. I then realized that I must say something, so I told him not to cut my fingers off, but again he said that there was nothing to be sewed. I then told him to put together what was left, and the good man said he would, and that in four days, when the bandage was taken off, he would have to amputate them. On the fourth day he did not cut the fingers off, but looked first at me and then at the hand; he could scarcely believe his own eyes.

When I got home from the doctor that first day, my daughter, a member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, came to see me, and she had a copy of our Hymnal to give me for a present. I told her what had happened and asked her to see a dear friend of ours, who is a practitioner, and tell her what the doctor had said and done. I slept well all night, and although the doctor had warned me that I would have a high fever, he could find none at all. I have the same fingers, and there is not a mark to show the injury. For this healing, and many spiritual upliftings, I am very thankful to God our Father, to Christ Jesus, and to our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy.

Christian Hoefel, St. Louis, Mo.

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