Testimony of Healing March 26, 1938 Issue

I wish to express my sincere gratitude for the many...

William E. Jenkinson

I wish to express my sincere gratitude for the many healings and blessings which I have received from God through Christian Science.

Twenty years ago, while working in a western city. I was taken with such severe pains in the bowels that I fell unconscious. When I opened my eyes a number of people had gathered, and one man said, "He is dying." I then lapsed into a semiconscious state. When I opened my eyes the second time, I was helped into a doctor's office, and after a careful examination I was told that my only hope was an operation. I consented to this and was placed on a strict diet for one week. At the end of the week, I was examined again and was told it would be useless to operate, as the condition was too serious, and that there was no hope of my recovery. My wife and family were informed of my condition and were resigned to my fate.

As I lay in bed, after this so-called law of mortal mind had been passed upon me, my thought went back a few years to a time when I used to visit my sister, who was a Christian Science practitioner. Every time I went into her home she would hand me a book and tell me to read it. But I would have none of it. As I continued thinking, the Lord's Prayer came to me and I started praying. In a short while I was standing on my feet getting dressed. My wife came into my room and, thinking I was delirious, called the doctor. I told them I was going out to see a Christian Science practitioner. How I reached the city I do not know, but after a little time I found a practitioner. He listened to my story, then handed me a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy and said: "Go home and forget yourself in reading it. I will help you."

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