Testimony of Healing August 27, 1910 Issue

My little son was delicate in every way from his birth

Myra A. Pestell

My little son was delicate in every way from his birth. He could not breathe naturally because of growths in his nose, and these were constantly growing larger. When he was two years old, he came down with a fever, and this was followed by another severe illness, which left him with a cough for two years. A specialist on lung trouble said that the right lung was in a bad condition, and that there was no chance of his ever being any better.

A friend who had been healed through Christian Science talked with me, but although I knew of her healing I thought there could be no help for my child, because he was so very ill. I felt that he could live but a short time, and I had given up all hope when I first went to a Christian Science practitioner for treatment. After two treatments I could plainly see a difference in the child, and he himself got out of bed, much to my surprise. One day I started to give him a drink of water, telling him that it would stop his cough, when he said, "No, mama; that would be medicine." This seemed wonderful to me, because no one had talked Science to him. At the beginning of his treatments I let him go to school, but the teacher sent him home, because his cough was so bad that some mothers were afraid for their own children. After a few weeks' treatment, however, he went back to school, and is now completely healed of the growths in the nose, also of the lung and heart trouble, which before seemed a hopeless condition.

I thank God for the great blessings I have received through Christian Science, and I am so thankful to our beloved Leader that I shall try to walk in the path which she has shown us.—Myra A. Pestell, Boston, Mass.

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