Testimonies of Healing
I am a train despatcher by profession, and through the healing by Christian Science which I have experienced, I am now able to continue in my responsible position, instead of having to give it up, disabled through a paralytic trouble of the right arm and hand. I had since childhood been troubled with severe nervousness, accompanied by headaches, etc.
Before I had accepted Christian Science as the truth, and while I was still in the valley of decision, I was ever watching the Science literature for a testimony relating the experience of some one who had tried Christian Science treatment for an affliction like my own. In the hope that there may be some others watching these pages in like manner, eager to drink in the truth that they may be set free from their bondage as I have been, I wish to give a word of assurance, although I am unable to express all of the blessings that I have received since coming into Science.
I HEARD for the first time of Christian Science as something more than a name, in June, 1906, from a friend who had been a student of the Science for some years. I had observed the appearance of perfect health in herself and her children, and I noticed that she seemed to have no anxiety about her children's health.
In the early part of February, 1898, I received an injury to my right eye which placed me in the hospital for fifteen days; during which time and after I was in constant pain until the following February, when I was again placed in the hospital for six months. While the doctors did everything they could to subdue the pain, the only relief I received was from the application of cocaine.
I would like to tell of the healing of my little girl, now grown to young womanhood. She had a serious affection of the ankle-joint, which did not respond to medical treatment; in time, indeed, it extended toward the heel.
A little over six years ago a friend told me some things about Christian Science, but I could not see anything of any interest in it for me at that time — I was not ready. Three years later I saw my way clear to accept its teachings.
In August, 1893, I went to Lynn, Mass. , to see a noted specialist.
About two and a half years ago Christian Science was presented to me. It found me a wreck in body and nearly so in mind.
A sufficient length of time has elapsed since my healing was manifested through Christian Science, to permit the removal of all doubt as to any possibility of the return of former conditions; hence this testimony goes forth to the world for what it is worth, as a further help in the redemption of suffering mankind. Until sixteen months ago I was a fair specimen of the average man of the world who has been permitted to drift away from church and lead a life of carelessness.
For the good that it may do to others I will give an account of the healing from an accident which occurred to me on the nth of September, 1903, while working with a bridge crew on the Southern Pacific Railroad near Oregon City. It happened at noon while we were resting after having eaten our dinners.