Testimony of Healing August 15, 1914 Issue

Christian Science was first brought to my attention about...

May Recker

Christian Science was first brought to my attention about six years ago. I did not turn to it for healing, although I was in very poor health at the time. From early childhood I had medical treatment for a bowel disorder which never left me, except for a short time when I first came to Colorado. The medicine used would seem to answer the need for a while, then would lose its effect, and I would try something else with like results. I was also subject to neuralgia, but my greatest trouble was imperfect action of the heart. This condition seemed to make me very weak. Once I fell unconscious, and at another time I was under the doctor's care for two hours before normal action was regained. The physician claimed it was caused by the high altitude.

In 1900 I went to Europe. While there, I felt well and strong, and continued so for a year or two after coming home; then the old ills came back. Although the heart disease never returned in such an alarming form, still I was weak and in constant dread of anything which I believed might bring it on again. Five years later I spent three months in Oregon, and this also seemed beneficial for a time; but no permanent results were obtained. Finally, I was led to consult a Christian Science practitioner for advice and help on a matter that was troubling me at that time, and she kindly loaned me a copy of Science and Health, also some Sentinels and other literature. I became so interested that I forgot the medicine I had been taking daily, forgot everything but the wondrous truths I had found.

I do not know how soon I was healed, but at the end of two weeks I realized that I was well, strong woman. This healing took place six years ago, and none of the conditions mentioned have returned. No medicine or material remedy has been used for myself or our six children since that time. Two of our children were born under Christian Science treatment, one of the births being almost painless.

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