Article December 6, 1913 Issue

Anxiety versus Indifference

EMMELINE HASKELL

Two ladies calling at the home of a friend were told that the baby, who was perhaps two years of age, had never learned to walk, because whenever she was placed upon her feet she screamed with pain.

The visitors returned to their home, and the incident might have been forgotten had they not chanced, two weeks later, to hear that the baby had recovered, and that the parents wondered if their call had had anything to do with it. These ladies were both of them Christian Science practitioners, but since the child's parents were opposed to Christian Science the subject had scarcely been mentioned. The parents were anxious about their baby and a doctor's remedies had failed to give any improvement, but they had not asked for help in Christian Science.

One of the visitors disclaimed any share in the case, as she had felt no particular interest in it; but the other said that after returning to her home she became very anxious that her friends should not lose their baby, as she had lost one who had been similarly affected. She knew that she should not give treatment when it had not been requested, but she also knew that it was wrong to permit herself to be deceived by appearances, and so prayed that her own consciousness might be saved from any consent to this error. This she did until she was wholly free from anxiety; and when told that the baby had surprised its parents by getting well, she felt that her own battle had blessed not only herself but others.

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