Testimony of Healing December 14, 1940 Issue

Before coming into Christian Science I often helped my...

Eugenie Weber with contributions from Eugene B. Weber

Before coming into Christian Science I often helped my husband, who was engaged at that time in the drug business. During his practice he had come to the conclusion that the only power medicine appears to have is what human thought gives it. He knew of the results some of our friends were getting through Christian Science, but he did not know what it taught. Some of our Christian Science friends sent sample copies of the literature to him, but these I quickly destroyed. I was the daughter of a minister, and believed them to be wolves in sheep's clothing.

At that time I had a small tumor on my upper arm, which was removed upon the advice of a physician. Although the report from the laboratory was "nonmalignant," in about six months the condition appeared again. The arm became very sore, as well as the whole left side, and specialists advised radium treatments, of which I had seven. Then they advised X-ray treatments. In spite of all, the arm became worse, so that the doctor recommended removing the tumor again, but I refused to have this done.

A neighbor, whom I had not known to be a Christian Scientist, came to see me and inquired why I was so upset. After I had told her my tale of woe, she asked whether I had ever tried Christian Science. I disdainfully answered, "No." She did not argue, but said, "Well, you know there's nothing impossible with God." I said I had believed this all my life, but I did not recognize the truth as the basis of the teachings of Christian Science. But the words kept ringing in my ears, and I analyzed the sentence. The question came, "Did you really believe it?" "Yes." was the answer. Then came the question, "Don't you prove that you concede more power to man than to God by going to a doctor?" I had to admit this, still not knowing that I was glimpsing something of Christian Science.

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