Testimony of Healing May 8, 1926 Issue

It was a desire for healing which led me into Christian Science,...

Lellice L. Douty

It was a desire for healing which led me into Christian Science, and I have certainly proved the truth of the statement that "man's extremity is God's opportunity." In a condition of semi-invalidism for eight years, I was treated by physicians for tuberculosis of the lungs, neurasthenia, a severe heart trouble caused by a complication of diseases, rheumatism, and stomach trouble. For an entire year I was confined to my bed; and during five months of this time my condition was so serious that I saw only the physicians and those who attended to my needs. Later on, when I was again confined to my bed for several months, the doctors advised me to go to a hospital. I did so, only to learn that it was thought best not to perform an operation; and later I returned to my home able to sit up only a part of the time.

After several months my condition grew still more serious and I went to a neighboring town to be treated by a specialist who had known of my case, having previously been called in consultation. I had been under his care only a short time, when I was again obliged to take to my bed. After several months more of treatment, the specialist informed me that he had exhausted all his resources. A short time after this, while talking with my mother, the doctor told her that he wished I would try Christian Science. When this was made known to me I was greatly displeased; for I felt that for a long period I had prayed and read my Bible diligently, and I could not see why God had failed to heal me, if it were His will that I should recover.

As soon as I was able to ride to the doctor's office, I did so; and I told him I had come for the purpose of deciding between Christian Science treatment and a return to the hospital. I asked him what he knew of Christian Science, and he stated that he had read some of the literature and witnessed some healings. I left the office with a determination to return to the hospital, and did, a short time later. My case was so complicated that it was decided to place me for one week under the observation of four physicians and surgeons. A short time later a specialist arrived from Montreal, made a careful examination of my condition, and talked to me as a father would talk to a child. He told me that neither surgery nor medicine would benefit me; that the hospital was no place for me; and later he told my uncle, who was in the waiting room, that he wished I would try Christian Science.

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