Testimony of Healing November 23, 1912 Issue

My heart goes out in gratitude to God for the many...

Kate Ecton

My heart goes out in gratitude to God for the many blessings that have come into my life through the teachings of Christian Science. It has been demonstrated to me for twenty-five years that Christian Science solves all the problems which come to mortals as they journey from sense to Soul. When I first took up its teachings, I thought I had to call a practitioner for every ill, yet I was living where it was not convenient to get help at all times, being in the country, twenty-five miles from a practitioner, with no telephones and no rural delivery, so that I was compelled to drive seven miles for mail; but today I am thankful that it was so, since it forced me, as the apostle admonished, to work out my own salvation.

When my children were sick, I went to work for them in the truth and was surprised at results. My greatest battle was with fear—I thought of what the neighbors would say if one of the children should pass on and I had no doctor. Many times I worked all night over a case. Three of the most trying times were attacks of acute lung trouble. Once, my younger daughter, a granddaughter, and a girl who was working for me were all beautifully healed. So many of my family had passed away with this disease, that I had no desire to experience it. Croup in its most disturbing form yielded to the power of Truth, and not one material remedy did we use. Whooping-cough was healed in less than one week. My daughter had been coughing for a few days when she said that the children at school had whooping-cough. This was in April, and the third night after I began to treat her she coughed incessantly for several hours. I arose, went to her room about twelve o'clock, and remained with her the rest of the night. That was the last of the hard coughing. My aunt, who was visiting me, said it could not have been the ill named above, for that could not have been cured in one week. The other children in the neighborhood coughed through the summer. What a comfort it is to a mother to know she has a divinely provided remedy for every ill that comes to her children!

My three grandchildren, from one to six years, have never tasted medicine. They ask to have Science and Health read to them when they get hurt. One of the children was visiting me, and during the night she had very high fever. She said, "Grandmother, are you going to take me down-town tomorrow?" I said, "Yes, if you are well." She said, "Can't you treat me and take me?" I took her! If we could all become as little children, and only trust! Many beautiful lessons we learn from little ones who have been taught that God is the only healer.

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