Testimony of Healing October 13, 1923 Issue

Words are inadequate to express my gratitude and thankfulness...

Alma T. Hatch with contributions from Frances A. Hatch

Words are inadequate to express my gratitude and thankfulness for the efficacy of the healing power of Truth as taught in Christian Science.

In May, 1913, I was advised by several physicians to undergo an operation for an internal growth, which had caused me a great deal of trouble for about a year. They made an incision, and found things in a dreadful condition. The physicians in attendance pronounced the growth malignant cancer, too far advanced to operate on. They sewed up the incision, and gave me, at the longest, six months to live. I remained in the hospital for three weeks; but my condition was kept from me until the day I was taken home, when my doctor told me of its desperate nature. I had been brought up under medical laws, my father being a physician, and I knew nothing of the teachings of Christian Science; but I turned to Christian Science for healing, and was restored to health by leaps and bounds. The growth disappeared, and I have not been troubled since; in fact, I enjoy better health than ever before, thus proving that "man's extremity is God's opportunity." At the same time, ten years ago, my daughter was healed of tubercular glands. She was healed by Christian Science treatments, the growth disappearing in a short time.

In Christian Science the healing of physical ills is a minor part. It gives us a new song to sing, a brighter outlook on life, and teaches us to know God. My desire is to have that Mind in me "which was also in Christ Jesus," that I may be worthy to be called a Christian Scientist.

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