Testimony of Healing March 7, 1914 Issue

As it is considerably over two years since I was healed by...

Joe G. Petmecky

As it is considerably over two years since I was healed by Christian Science treatment of a so-called incurable type of heart-disease, it occurred to me that a statement from me for our publications might, in a small measure, help to pay the deep debt of gratitude I owe to this cause, as my experience would in this way reach, and perhaps influence, some others who may need Christian Science as much as I did.

At the time I took my first treatment, I was practically helpless on account of a serious and aggravated form of the disease above mentioned. I was almost constantly under medical treatment from the time I was stricken until I was healed in Christian Science, a period of about six years and a half. When I went to a Christian Science practitioner for treatment, I was like a drowning person that grasps at a straw. I had tried prominent doctors of both schools, and "hopelessly incurable" seemed to be the only verdict. They were all good, kind men, who did all they could for me, and I have always been grateful to them for their efforts.

While in this hopeless condition my attention was called to Christian Science by a friend who was not himself a Scientist, and I soon decided to try the treatment. I remember he stated that it could not harm me in any way. When I applied for help I felt utterly worn out, life seemed so dark and dreary and hopeless. To end it seemed cowardly, however, and so terrible; yet I often wished I had never been born. No words could ever tell how much I suffered. I had not walked any distance for so long that my legs seemed to have lost their former strength; yet under Christian Science treatment I was practically well in less than three weeks, and could walk for miles. I shall never forget how grand those walks seemed. In less than six weeks I accepted the position that I had given up over six years and a half before on account of being stricken with this terrible disease.

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