Testimony of Healing June 30, 1917 Issue

Our little boy, aged five, was taken suddenly sick in July,...

F. Terwilliger

Our little boy, aged five, was taken suddenly sick in July, 1916, in the middle of the night, and as there was no way to obtain help from a practitioner I had to do my own Science work. In the morning, however, the child was not any better, so I telephoned to a practitioner, who treated him that day, but he still grew worse. Great fear crept in, and my husband, who does not believe much in Science, called a doctor, who said the boy had an upset stomach together with a very high fever, and left two prescriptions. I did not get these filled, but after he went told my husband I was going to continue Christian Science treatment. For two more days the boy grew worse, and that night he had two convulsions. When morning came he seemed no better; the fever was very high, the bowels did not move, and there was a nervous condition which affected him so that he was unable to sleep. My husband telephoned again for the doctor, but for some reason he did not come. At seven o'clock that night I decided to change practitioners, so telephoned to one nearer us. She said she would treat the boy right away, and if at ten he was no better, she would come at once. When ten o'clock came I was able to tell her she would not have come that night, as the child was much better. The next morning she came to the house and gave a present treatment.

That afternoon after a short nap my boy awoke, crying for me. I went to him and was about to pick him up when I discovered that his entire left side was paralyzed. I can hardly tell what happned; but I walked the floor, declaring the truth, and when I laid him down about five minutes later he was free. The next day I dressed the child with difficulty, as he appeared to be sore to the touch, and when he attempted to walk he was unable to do so. Each day, however, proved the power of God, and each day there was a big improvement, though he had to learn to walk again.

About a week afterward, as I was talking to my son, the door opened suddenly and the doctor came in. He said some one had made a complaint, saying the child had infantile paralysis and we were trying to cure it with Christian Science. He told the boy to get up and walk, so that he could see how he was, and my heart was filled with joy when I saw the child get up and walk across the floor, so nearly perfect that the doctor could not say anything.

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