Testimony of Healing January 3, 1942 Issue

The first healing through Christian Science...

Sarah F. Baldwin with contributions from Dorothea Dee Wellman

The first healing through Christian Science which I witnessed was that of our twelve-year-old daughter. Her eyes became so badly infected that we called a physician. He treated her for pinkeye, but the trouble did not yield, and he frankly admitted he did not understand the case. He recommended a specialist, who stated that the infection was from the pollen of wild flowers, which she was fond of gathering. He treated the case for several months, when the child's eyes were in such a desperate condition that the specialist made this statement: "It may take a year, perhaps two, and she may lose her sight entirely."

One day a former neighbor, making a business call, saw our daughter, and asked me if I knew anything about Christian Science. Learning that I did not, he asked if I would consider giving it a trial. I replied I would try anything.

A practitioner was given the case, and she called that evening. I shall never forget the statements she made. She asked if we believed that God is Love, and said, "If God is Love, do you think He would create a poisonous substance that could destroy sight?" That reasoning was so convincing to us that we accepted it at its full worth, and the following Sunday, which, if I remember correctly, was four days after the first visit of the practitioner, our daughter attended the Christian Science Sunday School, and the next day returned to her regular studies.

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