Testimony of Healing June 11, 1910 Issue

In 1898 Christian Science found me helpless...

Gertrude Chick

In 1898 Christian Science found me helpless and hopeless, physically and mentally, with only a longing to pass on to some unknown future state, to see if I could there secure one day free from suffering. Two years prior to this, while under medical treatment for a slight catarrhal affection, both currents of an electric battery were accidentally turned on my head, and from that time physicians pronounced me a nervous wreck and said they could do nothing for me. They advised my parents to keep me free from worry and excitement, and said that under no circumstances should I be permitted to study.

I suffered from stomach, liver, and bowel trouble, and the powerlessness of material remedies, together with constant travel from mountains to seashore, led me step by step to Christian Science for help. On hearing the "scientific statement of being" (Science and Health, p. 468), I knew that this was the truth. After three weeks' treatment I walked miles, when formerly to walk one block caused much suffering. The healing in my case was not instantaneous, but required two years' work. For the help so faithfully given in guiding my feeble footsteps out of darkness into light during this period, my heart is full of love and gratitude. In order to make room in consciousness for the great truth of Christian Science, my thought had to be emptied of false teaching, such as belief in spiritualism and fear of hypnotism; hence my slow healing.

To tell of the battles fought and victories won up to the present time would be joyous, but I will give a somewhat recent case of healing. In August, 1908, I was taken with fever and called in a practitioner, refusing to have a nurse. The fever was very high at times, but I was able to serve myself both day and night, being left entirely alone at night. Those who witnessed my healing were amazed at the fact that I lost very little flesh and with the exception of a few days ate anything I desired. I was conscious and mentally clear during the entire time, being able to read and study the Bible and Science and Health. I required very little sleep, and felt no exhaustion from lack of it. I was even able to get out of bed one night to put out a fire in my room caused by the overflowing of an alcohol stove, and I felt no excitement or weakness from the exertion. On the night of the day that the fever left me, I was suddenly awakened from a quiet sleep, conscious that I must have immediate help. The practitioner came to me in a few minutes, and although I was seemingly in the presence of the last enemy, there was no fear. All through the night the battle for life was waged, but when the morning came the testimony of the material senses was silenced and Truth's omnipotence revealed, proving that our weapons "are not carnal," but are "mighty through God" to the destruction of every form of error.

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