Testimony of Healing November 11, 1911 Issue

In the summer of 1904, when in great need of help,...

Eleanor T. Bowers

In the summer of 1904, when in great need of help, everything possible having been done for me, materially, that could be done, during years of wretchedness, I decided to try Christian Science. I had not much faith in it, but wrote and asked a dear relative, who had been healed in Christian Science, to treat me for throat and lung trouble. My mother had passed on with this form of disease when I was only three years old; later a sister, just two years previous to this a dear brother, and now it seemed that my time was near. From the first treatment in Christian Science, however, I began to improve. I had been so weak that at times I could not speak, could hardly walk a block, and could not get out in the night air without coughing continually. People have told me since then that they thought I would not be here much longer.

I took absent treatment for a few weeks, then the practitioner came to my house and stayed with me about a week. We then went to St. Louis to attend the World's Fair, and while there I attended my first Christian Science service at First Church. This was on Wednesday evening, and I went again on Sunday. I cannot describe how wonderful it all was to me to see Love reflected in so many bright faces. I thought the testimonies that were given on Wednesday night were wonderful. I had never seen any of the people before, but they did not seem like strangers to me.

My healing might be called slow, but I can truly say that these seven years have been the happiest of my life. I have had the pleasure of attending services in Memphis and Nashville several times, but have never lived where there were many Scientists. When I was healed I lived in Paragould, Ark., and was the first who was healed there so far as I know. I have one daughter in Science. We were received as members of The Mother Church at the same time, and others of my family have been greatly benefited.

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