Testimony of Healing August 19, 1922 Issue

I am grateful for the teaching of Christian Science and...

Lura A. Hollis

I am grateful for the teaching of Christian Science and all the benefits it has brought to me physically, mentally, and spiritually. Several years ago I was healed of injuries following a serious accident. When running for a car I tripped over a stone, and fell full length, bruising my face, sustaining a compound fracture of the right arm, and cracking the shoulder socket. Two men assisted me to my home near by, and placed me on a bed in a half-fainting condition. My son telephoned immediately for a Christian Science practitioner and for a surgeon. The surgeon set the bones without ether, and insisted upon an X-ray examination, which was reluctantly consented to. The surgeon had fears of the bones not knitting, as I was not a young woman; he also feared blood poisoning because of the great discoloration present, and pneumonia. It was claimed by him that no power could prevent the arm from being shorter. The Christian Science practitioner denied all the mortal mind laws, and helped me realize their falsity. We knew that accidents are unknown in the spiritual realm, and that God, divine Love, sends no evil to man. The healing took place nearly painlessly. The surgeon said the arm might be utterly useless, and in any event six months would elapse before I could use it normally; however, in three weeks from the time of the fall my arm was practically normal, and I was performing my usual tasks. The surgeon acknowledged the healing effect of Christian Science. Rheumatism, which appeared later, was also quickly healed. The arms are of equal length.

I am grateful to the faithful practitioner. These are some of the proofs I have had of the power of God to heal, as understood in Christian Science. I am grateful to God for His wonderful revelation to our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, and for her life-work in reflecting this light for all mankind.—(Mrs.) Lura A. Hollis, Boston, Mass.

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