Testimony of Healing January 27, 1940 Issue

Gratitude for the many blessings which have come to...

Margaret Douglas with contributions from Robert James Douglas, William A. Douglas

Gratitude for the many blessings which have come to me and mine through the study and application of Christian Science prompts me to give my testimony.

Some ten years ago, our youngest son, then six years of age, was severely burned from his knees to his hips. A Christian Science practitioner was called, and the pain was destroyed very quickly. The ligaments under the knee on one leg were burned so badly that the father feared the child might be a cripple. However, I clung steadfastly to the truth of the perfection of God and man. The child's father was not interested in Christian Science, and because of his fear he brought home some oil to put on the burns. As he started to apply the oil, the child looked up into his face and said, "Daddy, I thought you were going to let God do the work." His father was so surprised and impressed by the faith of the child that he replied, "All right, we will let God do the work." Needless to say, the child got up and walked. In three weeks the healing was complete.

The eldest son, when nine years of age, was struck in the eye with a piece of lead, which broke the blood vessels, and caused a clot to form on the pupil of his eye. Since I was not at home, the kindly intentioned neighbors carried him to a hospital. The verdict given by attending physicians was that the sight of the eye was gone. They advised me to take him to an eye specialist, some two hundred miles away, because they feared he would lose the sight of the other eye. I wired a Christian Science practitioner for help, which was immediately given. In three days' time the clot was gone, and the child's sight normal. Several months later all the school children were required to have their eyes examined. When our son's turn came, the physician who had attended him before remembered him, gave him a very thorough examination, and stated that the sight of both eyes was perfect. The physicians were kind and considerate.

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