Testimony of Healing January 14, 1922 Issue

Actuated by the desire to offer a word of encouragement...

William Montrose Carr

Actuated by the desire to offer a word of encouragement to those who are struggling with what may seem to them hopeless disease, I wish to relate the of following experience:

Many years ago I was bedridden, suffering from a case of gangrene in my left limb following an injury which had not yielded to ordinary medication. Amputation had been strongly urged as the only chance for recovery, to which I would not consent, feeling sure that I would never come out of the ether. Six months after my decision not to submit to surgery found me in a much worse condition physically, accompanied by keen mental distress, discouragement, and hopelessness. At this time my wife suggested that I send for a Christian Science practitioner. Previous to this, Christian Science had been mentioned but not accepted, because it was thought to be suitable only for nervous people, and could not be applied to ulcers caused by blood poisoning. I had heard at this juncture of some healings of typhoid, which was then quite prevalent in the city where I was then living. So with a vague hope that some help might be had for me a practitioner was sent for, but could not come until the following day. I will never forget the cheerfulness of his presence. It was so soothing to my own sense of dejection. Without my having a chance to recount to him the details of my suffering he began at once to tell me what had induced him to leave his former calling, that of a practicing physician, to become a Christian Scientist, prefacing his remarks by telling me I had thought too much about myself. His experience gripped my attention and gave me a fresh hold upon hope, because I reasoned if Christian Science could heal leprosy, of which he had been healed, it could also heal gangrene. Within ten days following the interview the ulcers had completely dried up and disappeared, and with them the pain and swelling. My ankle had become stiffened, ankylosed, and the knee drwan up so that I could just touch the floor with my toe, but in about three months freedom of action in walking or standing was restored to me.

Only those who have passed through extreme pain can understand the deep sense of peace that results from such an experience, or healing. There has never been any return of the disease, although it was indicated by a brother-in-law who was a regular physician that there would be. He could not discount my recovery to normality but said that within two years there would be a reaction and I would undoubtedly die from the effects. Since that time I have never taken a drop of medicine but have depended upon Christian Science alone for help in times of need. I have found it to be the only solace and remedy for many ills, both mental and physical, in such instances as fevers, colds, business reverses, bereavement, and family discords, so that I am convinced that it is the universal and only remedy. To define my gratitude is impossible. My debt to divine Love can only be repaid by consecrated effort to have my life and actions conform to Principle, and to be sufficiently humble to put into practice my understanding of the truth. I am grateful most of all for the priceless sense and appreciation of spiritual things which were before unknown to me, or were vague and intangible. The Bible, which was meaningless, is to-day, together with our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and the daily Lesson-Sermon, my regular companion. Then the periodicals established by Mrs. Eddy to carry a healing message to hungry hearts thirsting for righteousness and carrying a load of care, as I was, are most welcome visitors to my home.

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