Since my healing of appendicitis in the summer of 1913 through the power of divine Love as understood in Christian Science, my earnest desire has been to help others as I have been helped by reading the testimonies given in the Sentinel and at our Wednesday evening meetings.
On the afternoon of June 13, 1 was taken suddenly ill with acute pain in one side, but as these attacks had occurred before, I thought relief would come as usual. The pain continued, however, and it grew so much worse that I had to ask for Christian Science treatment. As I seemed to get no relief, a physician was called to administer an opiate to relieve the intense suffering, and he pronounced the trouble peritonitis from an unknown cause. He was then dismissed and Christian Science treatment was resumed.
The case progressed very favorably, but several days later alarming symptoms presented themselves and caused my husband great anxiety. Not being a Christian Scientist, he insisted that a physician be called for further diagnosis, and this time the malady was pronounced "ruptured gangrene appendicitis," and was said to have been the cause of the many extreme attacks to which I had been subject for the past three years. He said that if he had been called sooner, my life might have been saved by a surgical operation, but that it was now too late. Then again divine Love proved that all things are possible with God. The abscess broke internally and was discharged naturally. The case was so acute that the practitioner remained with me, and lovingly guided me in the footsteps of love and truth back to health. The healing has been complete and permanent, not the slightest symptom of the trouble having presented itself since.
