It is a great pleasure to give this testimony of the protecting and healing power of divine Love, as revealed and made practicable to-day through Christian Science. In the fall of 1911 I was traveling on a passenger train, riding in the car next the engine, when our train collided head-on with a freight train. It was a very dark night, and the accident occurred about midnight while the train was running full speed. We were given no warning before the crash; consequently, I did not have time to think about anything. I was knocked unconscious from the moment we struck the other train.
The conductor of the train knew I was a student of Christian Science, and upon finding me so badly injured telegraphed to a Christian Science practitioner for help. At the same time he communicated this information to me, and I was able to hear his message; and I recalled for a moment that divine Love was taking complete care of me, with the abiding assurance of perfect recovery. I knew nothing more until later in the day, when I awakened to consciousness and found myself in a hospital. The railway company had their three physicians examine me; and I was told that I had a fractured skull, two or more broken ribs, and internal injuries. The blow that I received on the head, and which had produced the unconsciousness, also prevented me from having complete use of my body or limbs. I was also very badly cut and bruised in several places. The doctor had put some stitches in my face on his first examination. The third day he took them out, stating the cut was healed.
Treatment in Christian Science was given by the practitioner from the beginning, and my wife read to me as much as possible from the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. I depended entirely upon God and Christian Science for my healing. The fifth day I knew I was completely healed, and requested the company's doctor to make an examination to satisfy the hospital authorities, in order that I might secure my discharge from the institution. The following morning two of the physicians examined me and pronounced me healed. I immediately secured my discharge, and left the hospital for my home the same day, the sixth day after the accident. In ten days I was feeling fine, going about my work and attending to my business duties as usual.
