Some four years ago my son, then about ten years old, went downtown on his bicycle to do an errand. The driver of an automobile, in turning out from the curb, did not notice the child, and drove right into him, knocking him off the bicycle. He fell on top of the bicycle, and the car, with four people in it, passed over his body. As this occurred at a busy time of the day, a large crowd gathered, and some one said to call a doctor quickly. To the amazement of the crowd, the child picked himself up and said, "I don't need a doctor; I am a Christian Scientist." The driver of the car, however, insisted on having a physician examine the child and dress the wounds, the bicycle having perforated the stomach and scraped the flesh off one arm.
Some one then remembered to notify me; and although at first I seemed confused, a sentence came to my thought from "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (p. 427), "Man is the same after as before a bone is broken or the body guillotined." It came to me that even though his bones had all been broken, his real self would still be the same perfect child which God had created; and I just thanked God, and kept right on thanking Him. When he was brought home, he looked very ill, but next morning he was able to get around a little by himself. A couple of days afterwards his hand and arm became very much swollen and discolored, but I thought that God.—our God,—who was with him and caring for him when he was under that car, could surely heal him; and when my fear was overcome, the throbbing in the arm ceased. The flesh grew back again, leaving a slight scar, which is gradually fading away. He returned to school the following week.
For this demonstration and many others just as wonderful, I give grateful acknowledgment to the healing power of Christian Science, which we have experienced during the last seventeen years.— Sheridan, Wyoming.
