Testimony of Healing July 23, 1921 Issue

The centenary of our Leader's birth arouses a deep...

Kate Cary Cleveland

The centenary of our Leader's birth arouses a deep sense of gratitude in the hearts of those whose privilege it is to have lived during this period and to have known of some of her human footsteps. It recalls to my thought the first copy of the Sentinel which I possessed, as the result of the purchase of which I had my first proof of the protective power of the truth, for which I have never publicly expressed gratitude.

I purchased the periodical en route to visit a sister who lived some distance away and as we was not a Christian Scientist and I was only to be with her for a few days I did not take it out of my suit case. During the early morning of the day on which I was to take the train for home, there came to memory the sweet face of an aunt of a childhood friend, whom I had seen only once and had long since forgotten, who was in a railroad accident when almost no one was saved. That evening after my friends had left me comfortably settled in the sleeper, which was the last car of the train, I got this copy of the Sentinel out of my suit case and while reading and pondering it I came to the words: "There is no death; Life is infinite." Just then our sleeper suddenly made a most peculiar movement as if running over rocks instead of steel rails. I got up and went forward in the car, when there came a terrific crash which threw the Sentinel out of my hands, knocked off my hat, tossed me back and forth against the seats, put the car in utter darkness, and left it standing at an angle of about forty degrees. The gas fumes were terrible and I expected any minute that the car would burn up or roll down an embankment, yet I felt no fear. There was only one other passenger in the car at the time. She had tried to follow me, and having been thrown in some peculiar way under the seat was crying for help. I assisted her while mentally and continuously repeating the words read from the Sentinel: "There is no death; Life is infinite."

Presently some men with lanterns came to hunt for us, and with them came the conductors. When they found we were not hurt they asked me where the man was who was occupying the section back of mine. I turned to look and saw my seat one mass of splinters. The switch had been changed before our car had passed safely over it, throwing it in front of a slowly moving engine which forced its way into my section. I would not leave the car until the Sentinel had been found, and when I was safely placed in a forward sleeper and my berth made up for the night I again opened the periodical and my eyes rested on this verse from the Bible: "I both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety," and I fell asleep like a child. The woman whom I had helped would not leave me for a second, saying she felt perfectly safe while with me. She felt the power she knew not of, a glimpse of which I had obtained through reading one of our Leader's gifts to humanity. Is it any wonder that I love the Christian Science periodicals?

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