Dear Journal:— I send you this testimonial in grateful acknowledgment of God's power in what it has done for me and mine. For twenty years (at intervals) I was a great sufferer from what the doctors term Sciatica in its worst form. At such times I would be taken to some Health Cure, and perhaps obtain temporary relief. Four years ago I was at a celebrated spring for four months. Most of the time I was confined to my bed. I had all the advantages that material aid could furnish, but received little or no benefit.
In a discouraged state of mind I decided to try Christian Science. After nine hours of intense suffering on the cars, I reached Omaha, and with the aid of crutches and a kind friend, went to the home of a Christian Science Healer. After my treatment she requested me to walk across the room without any crutches. I asked "How can I do this? I have depended upon them for more than four months." She answered, "Yes you can. God has healed you. You certainly do not need those material crutches." I did walk back and forth in the room a number of times without aid. I had no pain, and I soon returned to my hotel without my crutches. It was an instantaneous cure. I have not had a return of this pain, nor do I expect to have if I live in the Science as I am striving to do.
To illustrate the workings of mortal mind, I will mention an incident connected with my last sickness. I thought I was dependent upon opium to promote sleep. My nurse fearing that I was forming a habit for opium, without my knowledge, gave me empty capsules for one week. Finding that I rested just the same as when I took the narcotic, she acknowledged what she had done, and said she had often deceived patients in the hospital in the same manner. I was deeply grateful to her; nothing could have tempted me to go back into bondage again.
