Testimony of Healing August 20, 1921 Issue

The Bible tells us that "the last enemy that shall be...

Bessie G. Kraber

The Bible tells us that "the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." Through the study and application of Christian Science we find that even this grim enemy can be overcome here and now.

A few years ago my little son, then a child of less than two years, developed the disease known as whooping cough. He had a severe attack of it, and the coughing spells filled me with fear and distress in spite of the fact that I had been studying Christian Science for several years. One day while I was feeding him with some solid food, a paroxysm of coughing came on, and evidently a piece of food was drawn into the windpipe. The child's face grew distorted; he became limp in my arms, and so far as I could tell his breathing ceased. I went to the door and called my husband, who was out in the yard. He came quickly and took the child but did nothing for him in a material way, while I went to the telephone and called a practitioner nine miles away, asking her to help me, as the baby seemed to have gone. I then waited, trying to realize the truth myself; but the fear seemed very great. I do not know how many moments passed before the joyful words came to me from my husband, "He is all right now." I turned and looked at the child. The little face was relaxed and he was breathing quietly. Can any one who has not been through such a trial realize the joy and gratitude of that moment for the proof that man dwells in the abundance of Life continually? The child is now a normal, healthy boy.

Words cannot express my gratitude for our periodicals. They have ever been a source of great inspiration, joy, and help, and never more so than at the present time. My gratitude to our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy, is unbounded, and my desire is to live the life of a consecrated Christian Scientist, for in that way only can I truly show my gratitude.—(Mrs.) Bessie G. Kraber, Lakewood, Ohio.

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