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Peter urged, "Be ready always to give...

From the April 1968 issue of The Christian Science Journal


Peter urged, "Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you" (I Pet. 3:15). Many wonderful healings and experiences both great and small could be recounted in explanation "of the hope that is in" me. However, when I am asked what proof I have that Christian Science can and does heal whenever properly applied, one particular healing comes to thought.

About twenty years ago we lived in a state where children were required to undergo a series of inoculations before their first birthday. When I took our youngest son for the first of these shots, the doctor asked that I let him make an appointment with an orthopedic specialist as soon as possible. When I expressed surprise, he stated rather bluntly that both the child's feet were turned in because of a congenital deformity—clubfoot—and not because of prematurity as I had thought. He added that one heel seemed to be without a joint and therefore could never bend or move normally. When I refused the appointment, he told me that I must accept the responsibility. He said that although the boy always would be handicapped, he might be less so if proper treatment were started immediately.

The boy's father, though not a Christian Scientist at that time, agreed to let me have Christian Science treatment for our son. I wrote immediately to a Christian Science practitioner in a distant city asking for help, and stated that we had only a little over three weeks before returning to the doctor's office for the next inoculation. I must admit the problem loomed large and frightening at that time. I shall never forget nor cease to be grateful for the practitioner's inspiring reply in a letter which included the questions: "Why wait three weeks? What is the matter with today?"

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