For more than twelve years Christian Science has been the only physician in our home. The demonstrations and healings of our seven children have been numerous. A few of these have been healings of measles, chicken pox, whooping cough, convulsions, constipation, and blood poisoning. The several instances of painless, quick childbirth were marvelous experiences.
The most recent of our beautiful healings has been that of dog bite. Two of the children were playing in the front yard when a strange dog came by. They began to try to pet the dog, and were both bitten. A few days later the warning was given out at school that this dog had rabies, and the children were told that if any of them had been bitten they must report it at once. The older child was there and told the teachers that he and a younger brother had been bitten.
Several of the teachers called me and asked if I did not want the child sent home from school, so that immediate treatment could be begun, assuring me that every moment of delay was most dangerous. I told them it would not be necessary to send the child home, and that the problem would be taken care of properly. I then called a Christian Science practitioner who has lovingly helped us over many rough and dark places. I shall never forget her positive statement: "Now is your testing time, the time to stand firm and remember Mrs. Eddy's statement, 'Only through radical reliance on Truth can scientific healing power be realized' (Science and Health, p. 167)."
