As proof of the sure and permanent healing power of Christian Science through the right application of its teachings, I should like to testify to a remarkable healing of the effects of an accident.
In 1920 the car in which I was riding was struck by a train at a railroad crossing. I was taken to a nearby relative's home, and a physician was called. He despaired of my life and had me taken by ambulance to a large hospital thirty miles distant. My brother, who lived some distance away, was summoned to what was called my deathbed. Upon arrival in the city he hastened rather to a Christian Science practitioner who had healed him instantaneously a few months previously of a very serious throat infection.
My brother asked the practitioner if he had seen the headlines in the morning paper regarding the accident, which had referred to me as fatally injured. The practitioner said he had. My brother said, "That is my sister; can you help her?" The practitioner answered, "Yes, I can and I will." Work in Christian Science was taken up for me at once.
In the meantime X rays had been taken by a specialist, who reported thirteen broken bones, which included seven broken parts in the pelvis area and a broken neck. The staff of physicians and surgeons of the hospital had met in consultation regarding my case and reported that I could live only a matter of hours and could not possibly survive surgery or the setting of the broken bones. Therefore, no bones were set.
For eleven days the practitioner worked for me before I became conscious. Then for the first time in my life I became aware of the presence and peace of God. God was with me. Never shall I forget that hour of knowing for the first time that I had nothing to fear, that I would recover, and that all was well, thanks to Christian Science.
While visiting me at the hospital my brother often talked to me of Christian Science and his healing. After a day of great suffering I asked that a copy of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, be sent to me, and this was done promptly. One of the first lines in this textbook to stand out clearly to me was on page 66: "Trials are proofs of God's care."
Some phases of the healing were instantaneous; others took longer. As I was able to comprehend the goodness and perfection of God and His creation every law of medical science that had been held over me was proved untrue, although at the time of the accident I was a member of an orthodox church and knew nothing of Christian Science.
This healing occurred over thirty years ago. There has never been any disfiguration or lameness, and I have enjoyed wonderful health and happiness since then. I can look back to that period as one of healing and not of suffering. Christian Science healing is sure and permanent.
My gratitude to God for Christ Jesus, our great Exemplar, and to Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, as well as for our consecrated practitioners, is profound. As a member of The Mother Church and a branch church I have had many healings and blessings through my study of Christian Science. I am particularly grateful for class instruction.— San Francisco, California.
