Testimony of Healing March 27, 1976 Issue

I have had many proofs of the healing power of Christian Science...

Helane H. Smith with contributions from Garnett S. Smith, Jr.

I have had many proofs of the healing power of Christian Science treatment. As a child I was healed of appendicitis, whooping cough, colds, measles, a sprained knee, and skinned knees and body as the result of having fallen out of a moving car. As a young adult I have been healed of smoking, a twisted ankle, colds, and influenza.

Prior to the birth of our first child the doctor told my husband to call the Christian Science practitioner helping me and tell her that he was going to have to use instruments to aid in the birth, as the child was not in the proper position. The baby responded at once to the prayerful treatment given by the practitioner and turned to the correct position. This response to Mind's direction resulted in the child's protection, and no instruments were used to aid her birth. My husband and I were both grateful for the doctor's acknowledgment of the power of Christian Science treatment in requesting the call to the practitioner.

Two days later, while we were still in the hospital, the nurse who bathed her said the baby's navel was infected and she would have the hospital pediatrician examine her and prescribe medicine for this condition. I had always relied on Christian Science treatment for healing and was unhappy at the prospect of giving medicine to our child. I knew Science heals, but I felt I needed to return to our home with the child, where I would be free to take care of her through reliance on Science treatment. At my husband's request I called the practitioner and told her my thought that we should go home to heal the problem. She encouraged me to be firm in the understanding that the baby and I could never be separated from the healing power of God. I realized that I could stay and work the problem out right there.

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