Testimony of Healing April 23, 1910 Issue

It is impossible to express adequately my thankfulness...

Mary Serviss

It is impossible to express adequately my thankfulness for recovery from a spinal trouble which baffled the skill of several physicians, who finally pronounced it incurable and gave me no hope of anything better than a life of invalidism. For over thirty years I was obliged to use a crutch to assist me in getting about, and for several years prior to my healing required two crutches and a wheel-chair. I was also unable to use my arms without having severe pain in the back.

Such were the conditions when in October, 1903, I sought relief in Christian Science. At the first treatment I was startled and amazed when the practitioner put the crutches under the couch upon which I was lying, remarking that I would have no further use for them, and then told me to get up and walk. I protested, saying that I could not do so unaided. She replied that I need have no fear, that I would soon realize that God is our strength, our support; that "underneath are the everlasting arms," and that God is everywhere present and all powerful. Hesitating no longer, I arose, declaring with every step that God was my strength and that I trusted in Him. I crossed and recrossed the room several times. To my joy I discovered that I was healed, and greatly to the surprise and wonder of the family, walked about like the rest of them. I felt bewildered, like one awaking from a terrible dream, but I was glad and happy to be awake. The second day I walked out in the garden, going down several steps, also called on a neighbor. The crutches have never been resumed. I gained rapidly in strength, and soon moved to another place, leaving wheel-chair and crutches behind.

Six years have elapsed, and I still "stand fast" in the liberty wherewith Christ has made me free; for which I am most sincerely thankful to God, and also to Mrs. Eddy, who has revealed the healing truth to this age.

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