Testimony of Healing December 2, 1922 Issue

Christ Jesus said to Nicodemus, "Ye must be born...

Charles F. Simonson

Christ Jesus said to Nicodemus, "Ye must be born again." I had often pondered over this saying, and, as a youth, searched in vain for a satisfactory solution. After a period of twenty years, I met with an accident and fractured a bone in my foot. The foot was placed in a plaster cast, which enveloped the leg, extending to the knee. At the end of six weeks the doctor removed this; but I tried in vain to walk on the foot, and after many attempts gave it up in despair. The doctor said that with massage and rubbing for a week or ten days the foot and limb could be restored to a usable condition. This proved very unsatisfactory. I was anxious to get back to business, and it occurred to me to try Christian Science. I knew nothing about Christian Science; but a practitioner was called, who kept the appointment that afternoon. Upon entering the room she stated, "There is nothing the matter with man;" and, while astonished, I made an attempt to walk, and, behold, a miracle,—the blood circulation had been instantaneously and completely restored, and I was as free as if the accident had never happened. I have scarcely had a pain or an ache in the foot or leg since that time, about fifteen years ago.

While overjoyed to get out, I regret to say I did not then give Christian Science the credit for this healing. About two years later, I had a complication of diseases, and was confined to my home by severe intestinal pain. After some week's treatment the doctors held a consultation and decided for an operation on the kidneys. I prepared for the operation; but before the time I was told to secure X-ray photographs of the kidneys. These photographs did not show any obstruction; and the X-ray diagnostician said there was nothing the matter with the kidneys and no reason for an operation. Confused and annoyed by the different diagnoses, it occurred to me that Christian Science healed me before, and possibly could do so again.

I hunted up a practitioner, purchased a copy of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and had received two treatments when, one day in my home, doubled up in an agony of intestinal pain, the practitioner was advised of the condition and told me to sit in a chair and read Science and Health, and she would treat me absently. I had not read three lines when the pain vanished. I was free, and have never had any recurrence of it since that time. This convinced me that Christian Science was the healing agency; and the textbook was my constant companion thereafter. I studied it day and night at all spare moments, and prayed to God constantly for spiritual understanding. Finally, I realized that man is spiritual, not material; and, behold, things became new. With clarified vision I began to experience the "new birth" which I had so longed to receive, in accordance with the promise of Christ Jesus. Since then it seems as if my life has been completely changed. I now live to demonstrate the "new birth," where fetters fall and man is free to claim the dominion rightfully his. One by one, inharmonious conditions have disappeared; and I am better in physical health, with harmonious surroundings. Above all, the Bible is proved to be true; I have a God whom I can trust for help in time of trouble; and my faith can be, not merely believed, but demonstrated.

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