Testimony of Healing June 13, 1931 Issue

Christian Science was brought into our home some twenty-nine...

Gertie Ellen Boothe

Christian Science was brought into our home some twenty-nine years ago when my little sister was stricken with a very severe case of diphtheria. My parents called the family physician, who came and worked very faithfully for about ten days; then the child was moved to the city, where it was thought she would be close to the attending physician, as we were living seven miles away in the country. She was taken to my uncle's house. He and his wife had just begun the study of Christian Science, and wanted my parents to discharge the doctor and have Christian Science treatment. They would not consent to this, as they knew nothing of Christian Science, but kept the child under the doctor's care until the doctor, who was a very conscientious man, came into the room one morning and told them that he had done all he could for the child, and that if there was anything in Christian Science he would advise them to call for help at once. They immediately called a practitioner, who arrived that night. When she came in she asked my parents if they were willing to trust their child in God's hands, and they both replied that they were. Then she told them to go to their room, retire, and get their rest, as she would take care of the child. They followed her advice, and both slept peacefully all night. The practitioner said that after they had left the room there did not seem to be a spark of life in the child, but she found she was faintly breathing and began to work at once, and worked all night. Next morning there was a very distinct improvement in the case. In a few days the child was able to be taken to the table and ate heartily; we were so grateful for this proof of God's wonderful love. In a few days more she was taken home well.

As my family and I were in good health I did not take up the study of Christian Science in earnest. I read the Lesson-Sermon from the Christian Science Quarterly every day, but it was more a mechanical process than a consecrated study. My uncle made me a present of a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, as he wished each one of us to take up the study at once. I always had help when any discordant condition came up, but did not study for an understanding until we had a very beautiful healing in our home of a case of typhoid fever. Our small son had been under the doctor's care for forty days, as my husband was not interested in Christian Science and it was his wish to have the physician. When my husband was awakened to the fact that the doctor was not meeting the case, that our boy was almost at the point of death and our little girl was stricken with the same disease, then he consented to have Christian Science treatment. He discharged the doctor and called a practitioner, who arrived that night. The little girl was healed by the next morning, and the boy was all right in a few days.

Soon afterward we moved to another part of the city. The two children were stricken with severe chills, the boy having one at four in the afternoon and the girl at eleven at night. It continued this way for several days. As I did not seem to be able to meet the situation myself, I called the same practitioner, who worked for some time and then wrote to me that it was my work and that all she could do was to help me, and for me to take up the work and go ahead. This I did, and worked all the afternoon. The case of the boy was met at once. He did not have any more chills, and the little girl was healed in about forty-eight hours.

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