Testimony of Healing July 18, 1931 Issue

When Christian Science was first brought to my attention...

Mary Ellen Robinson

When Christian Science was first brought to my attention several years ago, I was a physical wreck. I had undergone several operations for tumors, appendicitis, and adhesions, without any relief, for after each operation I was worse than before. Then I became a semi-invalid, suffering with what doctors pronounced an incurable stomach trouble and probably cancer of the liver. I would be in bed for a week at a time with terrible headaches, and the only relief experienced was when I was under the influence of opiates. Finally the doctors told me that I had only about three weeks to live, as they had done all that could be done for me. They advised me to go to a higher altitude, as I was in such a rundown condition I might have tuberculosis if I did not get away soon.

In September, 1918, I arrived at the place to which I was advised to go. I was not able to walk across the street at that time. A friend who was interested in Christian Science invited me to spend a few days with her, and she told me that Christian Science could heal me. She telephoned to a practitioner and asked her to help me. The practitioner told me that God was my strength, and asked me to come to her office. In a few weeks I walked to her office, about twenty blocks, without feeling the least bit tired, and soon the headaches disappeared. In a few months I was able to go to work, and did so, as I wished to be active. I secured employment in a department store against the wishes of my friends, who feared I should not be able to stand the strain.

I knew I could work without any sense of weakness or weariness, because God was the source of my health and strength. But being employed where everyone was opposed to Christian Science, I could not do very much; for every time I had any kind of difficulty and was out of the store, a physician was sent to see me.

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