Testimony of Healing April 24, 1978 Issue

Through the study of Christian Science fear for my children...

Betty Jane Ruprecht with contributions from Larry C. Ruprecht

Through the study of Christian Science fear for my children has been largely overcome. Among the many healings we have had through the study and application of Science are so-called children's diseases, burns, effects of accidents, as well as many other disorders.

One boy was healed of a crushed and broken finger. He and his friends were at an observation tower. A heavy weight had broken loose, and came down on the tips of two of his fingers. I received a phone call telling me my son was in the emergency room at a local hospital. After hanging up the phone I went to the hospital. When I arrived, they showed me X-rays and said that the nerves and bones were crushed in one finger, and another finger was badly cut and broken. I was told it was impossible for the crushed finger to heal and that it would have to be amputated. I said I would not allow that, but then realized it was my son's decision, not mine. He decided to have Christian Science treatment, and after simple bandaging we left the hospital. I phoned a Christian Science practitioner to pray for the boy and to support our own prayer in Christian Science.

My son's friends, who had taken him to the hospital, came to our home several times to try to persuade him to have medical help. A professor, where he was attending college, showed him a stub of a finger he had crushed and that had been amputated, implying our son should do the same. There seemed to be much opposition to our son's decision to rely on God alone, but the healing was not hindered in any way. Both fingers were healed, and the crushed on grew a new fingernail.

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