Testimonies of Healing
Editors Christian Science Journal :— I was unfortunate enough to slip and fall backwards, falling with such force on my left elbow as to dislocate the arm and hand; but I was fortunate in having a Christian Scientist near by, who successfully treated me, and with one treatment the pain was dispelled. A second treatment carried the arm and joints back into their natural place, and the swelling and discoloring vanished, and I was able to use my arm as readily as ever without further treatment, and I feel very thankful for Christian Science.
Mr. A —, cured of asthma in two treatments.
Not long ago, I was solicited to attend a case which was declared by the M. D's to be pneumonia.
The same practitioner had the care of a lady seventy-four years old, a chronic dyspeptic, who had not taken anything beyond two spoonfuls of liquid food at a time. After the first treatment she was able to eat bread, and a few treatments more convinced her that she could eat anything, and "ask no questions for conscience sake.
My wife was troubled with nervous prostration, dropsy, etc. ; was as low as she could be; had been under the doctor's care for four years when we called in Mrs.
As a testimonial to the healing efficacy of "Truth properly taught and understood. " I will give one item of personal experience.
I was called to a case which the physician had pronounced paralysis of the throat. The patient could swallow no food without throwing much of it back through the nose, and was unable to utter but one intelligible word, viz.
In the Sept. Christian Science Journal , I noticed particularly the article Teachers of Metaphysics.
A very serious case of kidney trouble yielded readily under my treatment. The patient had been afflicted five years; suffered constantly with back-ache; was in despair of getting assistance; had no faith in C.