I wish to express my gratitude for the many blessings received through Christian Science. The most satisfying demonstration was the case of our little boy, five years old. He is a very active child and delights in performing acrobatic feats. One day last winter he was standing on his head and hands, turning back and forth in a way that surprised us all. He continued to do so for three or four minutes, till my mother expressed the fear that it was too much strain on his neck, so we stopped him.
The next morning the boy awoke with a high fever and a sore neck. We declared the truth and read from Science and Health for two days, but he seemed to get worse, so the third day I called a Christian Science practitioner, who took up treatment at once. With the first treatment the fever left him, and with the next the soreness left his neck; but the following day the child cried with pain in his back and side. I looked at the side and found it quite swollen, and this increased the fear we were holding over him,—that his spine was injured. I therefore asked the practitioner to come out to see him. When she arrived we explained the circumstances to her, and she read to us from Science and Health, then treated the boy. The truth was so revealed to us that the fear was overcome, and before the practitioner went away the child asked for his clothes, so he might get up and play. He dressed himself and played the rest of the day, although for four days previous he had not noticed his toys. This proved to me that our fear delayed the demonstration, and that while a practitioner is working faithfully for us, we also have a work to do.—Independence, Mo.
