Testimony of Healing October 3, 1914 Issue

A few years ago we came to Christian Science for the...

A. Tyrer

A few years ago we came to Christian Science for the healing of our child. We had been told, and believed, that the case was hopeless and incurable. The boy was then three years of age, and he had not made any progress from the time he was a baby a few months old. He could not stand alone, was fed with a spoon, could not eat solid food or take much liquid. Toys did not interest or amuse him. He could not hold anything in his hands, but dropped everything immediately and cried; and there were times when he absolutely refused to take food. He had curvature of the spine, and he could not stand or walk or talk, and the bowels had never acted naturally.

The doctor said the child should have training in an institution, where he could be taught to be clean, that was all. He would never walk or go to school, never be able to earn his own living. We had consulted a brain specialist, and also one of the leading physicians and surgeons in Manchester, and the opinion of both was that he had never been a normal child and never would be. Both admitted they could not account for cases like this and could not do anything at all for us. We had to resign ourselves to the inevitable, thinking it must be God's will and that this was our cross.

Christian Science treatment was commenced in August, 1910, and since then all those discordant conditions have vanished, and the child is a new creature. He is a very affectionate little chap, with bright, intelligent eyes. Even the skull has developed and raised, and the spine is no longer curved, but perfectly straight. It is a great joy to us to hear him talk, and his speech is daily becoming clearer. He is now able to play out-of-doors with other children. He continues to progress splendidly, and has been attending Sunday school almost twelve months. A month ago he started day school, and this is a great pleasure to him. It was reported to me, at the end of three weeks, what good progress he was making there. One golden text which he learned for Sunday school is very fitting,—"Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God." Truly the power of God has been manifested to us!

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