Testimony of Healing October 13, 1956 Issue

We have had many proofs of the...

Lorraine Gasser with contributions from Walter Gasser

We have had many proofs of the practicality of Christian Science in our family. We have relied upon it completely to rear our children, and I could fill pages with marvelous proofs of God's care for us in the form of healing and protection from harm. I should particularly like to share an experience in which a medical prediction was disproved.

Our small daughter caught her large toe in the sprocket wheel of a bicycle and severed the toe just above the upper joint. A practitioner was called immediately and help was received. Later we felt that a professional dressing on the wound was desirable, and the child was taken to the emergency hospital. There the doctor stated positively that a healing was impossible without surgery and immunization to avoid a dangerous infection. We were unwilling to subject the child to this procedure; so we signed a release from the hospital and took the little girl home with just the dressing on the wounded toe.

The child's father felt led to replace the severed end of the toe, and by the next morning it had stuck fast. Throughout the experience the child remained relatively free from discomfort and walked on the foot. However, the healing took several weeks, and at times there was evidence of inflammation. During the interval, this beautiful verse from Isaiah was frequently in our thoughts (52:7) : "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!" The practitioner continued to remind us to rejoice in another opportunity to prove that truly God reigns and that mortal mind has no power.

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