Testimony of Healing July 16, 1921 Issue

It is with deep sincerity that I give thanks to God for...

Nita Valder

It is with deep sincerity that I give thanks to God for all the benefits that He has bestowed upon me, and which I rejoice in more and more each day since I perceived the truth. Thanks to Christian Science I have been delivered from very serious moral and physical troubles, and I shall be profoundly happy if I can contribute to the consolation of any suffering heart.

A few years ago, much weakened morally and physically, I was suddenly struck down by congestion of the brain. My condition was very serious, to mortal sense, and left no hope. I was at Geneva at that time, and a friend there, alarmed at this condition, which was growing worse, brought me one day a small pamphlet published by The Christian Science Publishing Society in Boston, of which I did not understand much owing to the state of mental depression in which I then was. However, by instinct I clung vaguely to what was offered to me, with an intense desire for something true and good. In this research I used the little strength that remained to me. It was then that general paralysis, which had been feared, began rapidly to develop. Totally deprived of speech, it was in complete coma that I was carried to the hospital. The doctors used the remedies usual in such cases, but according to them no hope remained.

During this time a Christian Science friend who took an interest in me worked for me in Christian Science tirelessly and with boundless devotion. The result was that at the end of two days I woke up from this long sleep realizing where I was but not being able to speak. My memory returned, accompanied by a light so distinct that I at last felt my desire realized. I understood that I was in God's hands. Feeling myself sustained I accepted the situation, with joy and patience. Ten days afterwards I was able to walk, to employ my hands for any delicate work, and to speak almost correctly. My joy was only equaled by my gratitude. All the troubles disappeared gradually like a bad dream. My strength and happiness were harmoniously established, and they increase in proportion to my understanding. Since then I have been able to fulfill happily and from day to day the ordinary duties of life, supported in times of difficulty and trouble by the truth. I have confidence, and turn in every emergency to God who governs all with love.

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