I should like to express my gratitude for a demonstration of the healing power of Truth which took place recently one Monday my husband was suddenly taken alarmingly ill. He was delirious, and seemed to be in such a critical condition that I called in a doctor, fearing possible complications with the state laws here, also because I was alone in the house and I had always had great fear of mental aberration, seemingly dreading it more than anything else. The doctor insisted that my husband should be taken to the hospital, and said that he could not possibly return in less than six weeks. The ambulance came, but my husband positively refused to go. He would not allow any one to approach him, so the person in charge of the ambulance said that it was better to leave him. The next day a second doctor came, and wished to call in a specialist. At the time he would not state definitely the name of the disease, but later we learned that both doctors had pronounced it cerebral meningitis.
After this second doctor left, I realized clearly that my husband must not go to the hospital and that I must send for a Christian Science practitioner. With this decision, immediately all fear and worry left me. The practitioner came Tuesday evening at nine o'clock, and also called three other times. After the third treatment, which was given Wednesday evening, my husband, who had been almost unmanageable all the afternoon, went to sleep and slept for over eleven hours. When he awoke he was perfectly healed, and set to work almost immediately on a sketch, as he is an artist. The healing took place in less than forty eight hours. From Monday until Thursday I did not take my clothes off and I was only able to snatch two or three hours' sleep during the four days and nights. Although I was caring for my husband and was alone with him most of the time, also doing my own work, I felt no ill effects whatsoever. It would be difficult for me to express my gratitude for all of this.
It is over three years ago that I first became interested in Christian Science. At that time I was in a most despondent state. I had lost faith in God, and my daily prayer was that I might not live long. A friend took me to a Wednesday evening meeting, and I felt that I had at last found the truth which I had been seeking. I immediately bought a copy of Science and Health, and carried it home in great excitement. I could hardly wait till the next morning, when I started in reading it. I must have read nearly eight hours every day, and when I came to the chapter on Christian Science Practice I seemed to grasp it all, and I went down on my knees and asked God for a proof of this healing. From that moment I was freed from nearly all my physical ailments, many of which had troubled me for years, such as gout in the feet, an eruption, and stomach disorder from which I suffered to such an extent that I could eat hardly anything. I cannot give expression 'o the joy and thankfulness that took possession of me, and although I have had moments of discouragement, on the whole I feel that since then there has been a steady progress in the understanding of truth. I thank God that we are living in this age when the healing power of Truth can be understood and demonstrated in the overcoming of both sickness and sin, and I cannot adequately express my gratitude to the dear Leader who has made this knowledge available for all of us.— Paris, France.
