Years ago I was having surgery and caustic treatment for...

Stella L. Engle

Years ago I was having surgery and caustic treatment for polypous growths and adenoids. When I told an aunt how terrible the treatments were, she lent me Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy. My mother was skeptical of Christian Science and disturbed about my reading this book. But a friend told my mother that this Science heals and that her uncle was a Christian Science practitioner.

The next time I was to go to the doctor, my father and I stopped by to talk with this uncle. He spoke to us of God's great love and how it heals just as it did when Christ Jesus was on earth. As we sat quietly, he prayed for me and asked us to repeat the Lord's Prayer.

Later that day I kept the appointment with the doctor, who examined my throat and found no trace of the trouble. The polypous growths and adenoidal difficulty had been completely healed. My father and I stopped at the Christian Science Reading Room to purchase a copy of Science and Health. Then we went home and threw out all our medicine.

Years later I was hit by a car and seriously injured. A crowd gathered and demanded I be taken to a hospital. There the medics found I had a concussion and that my leg had been nearly severed; the outer muscle was gone and the bones shattered. My father told them we were Christian Scientists. The doctor said it was impossible to set the bones or graft the flesh. They took X-rays and sent them to a clinic for advice. The clinic wired back to amputate the leg immediately. My father refused to have this done and insisted on taking me home. They wrapped my leg in a splint, and I was sent home in an ambulance.

We had had some wonderful healings in our family, and from the start I knew I could be healed. A Christian Science practitioner was asked to pray for me. There was never any pain, and I felt no fear. And, of course, no medication was given me. I did not see the doctor again until the splint bothered me and we called him. He examined the leg and found the bone had aligned and made contact. Gradually the flesh filled in. I was in a wheelchair for a while, then on crutches, until one day I realized clearly God is my true support and walked unaided. My healing was complete, with no aftereffects.

These are among many blessings that have come through this Science of Christ. I have seen proof it never fails when we understandingly turn to God for guidance and healing.

(Mrs.) Stella L. Engle
Ottawa, Kansas

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