Testimony of Healing February 19, 1916 Issue

My desire is to express our thankfulness to God and our...

Florence Studyvin Morey

My desire is to express our thankfulness to God and our gratitude to Mrs. Eddy, who has so lovingly opened the way for us in Christian Science that we can have the spiritual understanding that God is an ever present help in trouble. This was proved to us in the fall of 1913, when our little boy, then four years old, was taken ill, and all was done for him that could be done materially. At that time I stood alone in Christian Science, neither my husband nor any of my relatives being interested in it. A physician who was called diagnosed the case as appendicitis.

Time passed on with no relief for the little sufferer, and a second physician who was called in consultation agreed with the first in every way. At the end of two weeks it was decided to operate quickly in order to save the child's life. This was done, and it gave relief for a few days. We would not consent that he be taken to a hospital, so the work was done in our home. In a short time he began to cough, and the doctors claimed that an abscess had formed on the lung and that the whole system was poisoned. My husband did not seem to realize the seriousness of the child's condition, but I could see him weaken each day, and my grief was almost unbearable. I, however, clung steadfastly to God, and felt confident a way would be provided to restore him again to health, although he was only a shadow of the robust boy he had been. The doctors held another consultation, and I insisted that they tell me exactly their views of the case. One said there was no chance whatever, the other said there was one chance in a hundred, that one chance being that his strength might hold out.

Then man's extremity became God's opportunity. I asked my husband if he would not now have Christian Science, and he gladly agreed to do so. The practitioner who was called gave us words of encouragement and accepted the case even at so late a stage. She came about half past one in the afternoon, and two hours later there was a marked change for the better; the pallid look had left the child's face and he threw off all the pus which it was said he would not be relieved of. His appetite began to return and he was given everything to eat that he called for, with only good results. By the third day he was eating quite heartily, and he gained so rapidly that within a week we took him for a ride. By the fourth week he was out playing and as well as ever, the lung being perfectly normal, and now he is a picture of health. On entering school this fall he was examined by one of the physicians who had attended him, and his lungs were pronounced normal. This certainly was a convincing demonstration of the power of Truth over error.

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