Testimony of Healing June 10, 1916 Issue

Nothwithstanding many opportunities of being at least...

Meedy Shields Blish

Nothwithstanding many opportunities of being at least casually if not intimately acquainted with the subject of Christian Science, I had never heard this term used, or at any rate it had never left an impression on my consciousness, until nine years ago, when I was overtaken by a malady generally admitted to be beyond the help of medicine. This complaint is described as nervous prostration, but the name conveys only a faint description of the sense of terror and helplessness it brings upon the sufferer. I became quite incapacitated for business, and the family physician could do nothing more than advise quiet and rest, with various remedies for an aggravated bowel derangement. This treatment bringing little if any relief, at the suggestion of my physician I went to one of the most famous rest resorts in the East. Here I seemed to improve for a time, but upon seeking to take up my business duties again, the old trouble came back worse than before. I next tried the "outdoor remedy," and this treatment too seemed quite efficacious; but as soon as I attempted to resume business I was again overtaken and became so completely discouraged that I practically gave up hope.

About this time (the summer of 1906) a member of my family, an officer in the United States navy, was healed by Christian Science of a complaint that seemed somewhat similar to my own. He insisted on my seeking a cure in Christian Science, and notwithstanding my ignorance of what it purported to be, I went to Boston to secure the healing of which I was so desperately in need. I shall never forget the acts of kindness, the words of sympathy, and the expressions of the love which heals that I received from the Scientists in Boston during this stay there of some four or five weeks.

My case was committed to a practitioner, who quickly won my respect and confidence. While I knew that I was being benefited right from the start, at each visit I complained of the condition of the bowels, which at that time seemed to my frightened sense the principal cause of my ailment. The practitioner, however, appeared to be not in the least disturbed, knowing that I would finally secure relief; but it did not come until eleven days had passed. With this relief came also the disappearance of my fear, and in its place a sense of freedom that had been a stranger to me for many months. The healing was complete then and there, and in the midst of rejoicings with friends and the faithful wife who had accompanied me in all this quest, I returned home and again resumed my business.

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