Testimony of Healing February 19, 1916 Issue

In 1905 I became afflicted with a serious nerve trouble,...

Anna W. Farnsworth with contributions from Charles A. Farnsworth

In 1905 I became afflicted with a serious nerve trouble, which affected my muscles so that I became almost helpless. For six years I could not lift my arms, comb my hair, or write a letter. After trying all the local physicians without relief, I entered a sanitarium in Cincinnati, Ohio; but after remaining there for nine months I was in a far worse condition than before. The specialist said I had tuberculosis of the nerves. I then went to Mobile, Ala., and after I had been there six weeks the specialist sent for my husband and told him to take me home, saying there was nothing that could cure me.

My mother then closed her house and came to remain with me until the end. While I was in this state of utter despair a relative telephoned that he had a message for me, and I waited impatiently for his coming, thinking he had at last found a physician who could cure me. When he said he wanted me to try Christian Science treatment I burst into tears, and cried all night from disappointment, wrongly believing that Christian Science was only good for imaginary diseases. He tried to allay my fears by assuring me that during his travels in the West most of the thinking people he had met were Christian Scientists, or trying to be, and that they had related many wonderful healings after doctors had given up the cases as incurable.

Upon my promising to read "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, this relative gave me a copy, and I read it through several times before going to Memphis, Tenn., for treatment. In one week I was able to walk to the office of the practitioner, though it was nine blocks away, without fatigue, and after three weeks my arms were free, so that I could write, as well as comb my hair. Although I had written to my husband of my healing, he could not fully realize it until I arrived home. When the friend who had so often helped me dress offered to remove my coat, I thanked her, but said I did not need assistance, as I could do it myself. Then the tears of gratitude and joy shone on my husband's face. I live in a town where it is difficult to get servants, and for seven months I have been doing my own work. I am now a strong, well woman.

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