Testimony of Healing April 20, 1940 Issue

Christian Science has been a great blessing to my family...

Maude M. Hoge with contributions from Herbert D. Hoge

Christian Science has been a great blessing to my family and me. When our son was somewhat over five years old, while he was playing with a sparkler, his clothing caught fire and he was severely burned. We at once called a practitioner for help, which was lovingly given. He was soon free from pain. A physician, who was called to bandage the burns, said that the child could not possibly live more than two weeks. However, I knew that "with God all things are possible." At the expiration of two weeks, contrary to the doctor's prediction, healing was being manifested and thin skin had begun to form. Step by step, improvement was made. Another verdict of the physician was that unless he was put in a brace his back would not be straight. Through the conscientious work of the loving practitioner this prognostication was annulled, and today he is a straight, healthy young man and leads a very active life.

We were very much criticized for relying on Christian Science for the healing, but we clung steadfastly to Truth, striving to realize the omnipresence of God, and the nothingness of all inharmonious conditions. Although the healing seemed slow, many lessons were learned and abundant proof of God's power was experienced. I am truly grateful to the practitioner who helped us through this trial.

Another healing which showed me the ever-presence of God was experienced more recently. My husband and I, on returning from a trip, were involved in an automobile accident. When a collision seemed to be unavoidable, I instantly declared the presence of the protecting power of Love. Our car came to a stop on the edge of a deep ditch and was turned in the direction opposite to that in which we were traveling. We had been flung against the front of the car, and there was no sign of life in my husband, but I clung trustingly to the words of the Psalmist, "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble," and repeated them audibly. Presently my husband said, "I am all right." We repeated the Lord's Prayer together, and we were able then to get safely out of the wrecked car. Both of us were bleeding from cuts, and were in a strange place a long way from home, but the everlasting arms of divine Love were enfolding us. I had never before felt so near to my Father-Mother God. Divine provision was there for our need. A kindly person who had passed by was led to come back to us. He asked where we wanted to be taken. We did not want to be taken to a hospital, and I did not know where to tell him to take us. I told him there were some books in a compartment in the front of the car, and I should like very much to have them if it were possible to get them. When he saw they were the Bible and Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, he told us that he too was a student of Christian Science. He said that the power of prayer had led him to come back to us.

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