Testimony of Healing February 3, 1912 Issue

In the light of recent experiences it has come to me that...

Alice C. Bartow

In the light of recent experiences it has come to me that I have a simple duty to perform, an offering to place upon the altar of Truth, the flower and the firstfruits of love. In gratitude, then, would I testify to what Christian Science has done for me during two years past. My thought reverts to the morning of Oct. 1, 1909, when I wakened to the cry of "Fire!" to find myself homeless, in straitened circumstances financially, seemingly a physical wreck, out of employment (my profession being that of teaching), and with an altogether hopeless outlook for the future.

I had chronic rheumatism in my hands, arms, shoulders, and chest, the latter to the extent of affecting the heart action, a physician said. I suffered inexpressibly from the worst form of a stomach disorder with all its attendant ills, being greatly reduced in weight and unable to eat more than barely enough to sustain life, which could not have endured much longer under existing conditions. Two of the best physicians of our city said I must immediately submit to an operation, the one pronouncing my malady appendicitis, the other deciding after a careful examination that I had gall-stones. On consulting a third medical practitioner of high repute, located in a neighboring city, I was informed that I certainly would have died on the operating-table, owing to the condition of my heart and kidneys.

But "man's extremity is God's opportunity," and divine Love sent me to a Christian Science practitioner, whom I knew very slightly and to whom I appealed and not in vain, for of her it may be truly said, "I was a stranger, and ye took me in." Yes, into her own home, where she gave me comfort and counsel, ministering wisely, tenderly to my spiritual needs, and in three treatments I was restored to health. Within as many weeks I had found employment, and was rejoicing in a saving and sustaining knowledge, a knowledge of the truth which makes free indeed. Well do I remember going out into a steady downpour of rain, fearless of rheumatism, the glow within precluding all possibility of taking cold, and my delight next morning at the utter inability of a driving east wind (till then my bête noire) to cause me even annoyance, much less pain

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