Testimony of Healing February 28, 1925 Issue

Christian Science was presented to me some time before...

Payce K. Dodgen

Christian Science was presented to me some time before I took it up as a study. On one occasion I asked for absent treatment from a practitioner before making a trip of quite a distance, and received great help; and through this help I found that train sickness was entirely overcome; and there has been no return of it since. I was very grateful for this, as I had never before been able to ride even a short distance without becoming very nauseated; and members of my family all know that from childhood I could not ride in any type of vehicle without becoming ill. This healing was simply taken for granted, and Christian Science was soon dismissed from my thought.

Some time later I went home from two hospitals, and then tried another hospital in a different city, placing myself under the care of a nerve specialist. Hearing I was no better after several weeks of this treatment, a friend sent me a message to try Christian Science; but I cast the suggestion aside immediately. I left the last hospital very little, if any, better than when I entered. We then moved our residence, thinking a change of climate would help. Two days after we arrived in the new town, I received a wire that my favorite sister had passed on. This grief, added to the physical sufferings, seemed almost more than I could bear, and everything looked so black to me that I prayed I might be directed which church to unite with on the following Sunday, as I thought my mother would feel better if I were a member of some church when I passed on.

On Saturday afternoon I walked about half a block to the car line, but standing on my feet caused me so much suffering that I returned to my room in despair with the thought: Of what use am I to myself or to any one else? I am only a burden and expense. My next thought was, Why not try Christian Science? And then I remembered my sincere desire the first of the week to be directed by Sunday to some church, and I knew this was the answer. I immediately went to the telephone and called a Christian Science Reading Room, asking for the name of a practitioner. About two hours later she came to see me. I shall never forget the gentle rap on the door, and the sweet countenance that greeted me when she came in. I could hardly talk to her for crying, but told her something of my condition. She sat quietly with her eyes closed for some time, then arose, placed a copy of The Christian Science Journal on my table, and left.

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