Testimony of Healing December 8, 1917 Issue

In March, 1912, it seemed as though I had reached the...

Remington Schuyler with contributions from Anna Schuyler

In March, 1912, it seemed as though I had reached the end of all conscious effort to go on living. Mentally I felt exhausted. I had come to the place where I hoped some providence, divine or otherwise, would end my seemingly useless struggles, for I was utterly depressed and discouraged. Financially I was spending somewhat more than I could earn, in spite of daily efforts exerted from early morning to late evening and often into the night. At this time my wife was trying to gain enough strength to undergo an operation, and our baby was to be operated on as soon as the weather moderated.

It was at this point of utter hopelessness that I was driven to try Christian Science, not for myself, but simply because I hated to see my little girl go through what my wife had three times undergone at the hospital. I had always persecuted Christian Scientists, thinking them a menace to society, and it was in rather a patronizing manner that I informed a Christian Scientist that if Christian Science healed my child, then I would look into it. The reply that I would have to straighten out my own mental house, angered me. For a week I was resentful. Then as the time for my baby's operation drew nearer, in desperation I borrowed a copy of Science and Health and began to read it, when almost immediately I commenced to feel more hopeful. I attended a Wednesday evening meeting, and during silent prayer it seemed as though I had been washed clean of all cares and fears. I felt so happy and so grateful that it was with difficulty I resisted the impulse to get up and testify that same evening.

Within a week my material affairs had straightened out and improved immeasurably. Happiness returned, and best of all, the necessity for my child's operation disappeared. By reading and studying Science and Health my wife was delivered from the necessity of undergoing another operation. That March, five years ago, marked the turning point in the lives of the members of our family. I date all my present happiness from the moment I ceased to persecute Christian Science and turned to it for help. God has since blessed us in manifold ways, and I am grateful not only for many physical healings, but for mental peace and moral regeneration. Christian Science healed me instantaneously of the tobacco habit.

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