Some instances of the power of Truth over error having come under my observation recently, the thought came to relate them for the benefit of those seeking for Light. The claim of Measles has been very prevalent, and, in belief, has taken very dangerous forms, in this vicinity, and in a number of instances terminating fatally, while, also, supposedly causing other beliefs considered serious.
Very few have known of the blessings to be derived from a reliance upon Truth in time of trouble; but the following are some of the results of placing faith in Spirit instead of matter;
One little child, seized with the symptoms of Measles in the afternoon, was healed in a few hours, after a few explanations of Christian Science to the parents, and their consent obtained to treat it with Truth. That evening the child ate a hearty supper, including rhubarb pie, and experienced no ill effects. The same child was afterward exposed to whooping-cough, and showed symptoms of that claim, but, as in the first instance, the word of Truth destroyed all evidence of it in a few hours.
