The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-15

Whitaker, one of the Topeka healers,
was called in and her very first treat
ment Helped me- She neither touched
me or spoke to me the first time, and
the room was so dark that 1 was I'M
able to see her. She simply came in
and sat down beside the bed.
well, in just two weeks time I was
practically well. In month 1 was in
perfect health. Pain and suffering dis
appeared as if by magic, and L exper-
fenced feeling of restfulness and COM
fort L had never experienced before.
You can readily see why 1 should be-
come at once interested in the treat
ment when realized what it had done
for me, and got volume of Science
and Health, written by Mrs. Eddy, and
commenced to study Christian Science.
The more I studied the L2Ore I became
convinced that it was the truth, and
finally l went to Chicago and entered
a Christian Science class. Since re
turned 1 have spent all my time in this
work, and have now all I can do.
You see,'' Miss Wells went on en-
Enthusiastically, I'VE believe that God
is mind, and know that in God there
is no place for sickness and disease. We
don't say that suffering and disease
are imaginary, but rather that they
are Authorizations of our mortal senses.
When we treat a person we go about
to see and understand the unreality of
their ailment, and if our understanding
is perfect enough, we accomplish il
The book of Genesis tells US that God
made all things, and that he made all
things good, and from this we know
that he did not make sickness and dis
ease.
After I took up the study it was not
long until I was able to help myself
and whenever I would feel that any
thing was the matter, 1 was always
able to Danish it myself. I remember
one day in Chicago, while studying
Christian Science, / slipped stone
pavement while crossing an alley and
sprained my ankle, the same ankle that
I had sprained once before, and was
obliged to use crutches as a result for
weeks.
well, the minute my ankle turned
under me, I stopped right where L was
and commenced to think Of the unreal
ity of the injury. stood there in the
middle of the alley for probably five
minutes, but by that time every bit of
pain had left my ankle and I was able
to go on. Since returning from Chicago
I have twice been rendered uncOn-
sciOus, one by falling down stairs and
once by having a heavy picture fall
and strike my head, but with the aid
of Christian Science I suffered no eff
fects from the injuries after recovering
consciousness.
There is one thing about Christian
Science healing that most people don't
know, and that is that the person you
are treating does not necessarily need
to be present. Now, I have been able
to heal my father of consumption, COM
plicated with stomach trouble, although
he has been in New Mexico for months.
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to think of him and his ailments, and
strive to see the unreality of them. I
received a letter from him few days
ago in which he stated he was almost
entirely well, and that he was now able
to walk for miles daily without the
least inconvenience.
1.-The majority of the cases that come
to Christian Science healers are cases
which have been treated by physicians
without success. I had a case just q
short time ago, Mrs. A. e Sweet, whose
husband had position in the Santa
Fe general offices, in which 1 was able
to cure hay fever of several years
standing. Mrs. Sweet had been trou-
bled with hay fever for years. and had
never obtained any relief at the hands
of physicians. I went about to see the
unreality of such a. thing as hay fever,
and now Mrs. Sweet can sweep her
home and go out in the dust of the
street without the least discomfort
Even the doctors are becoming in
terested in the treatment of disease
through the influence of the mind and
especially I think the treatment of
Christian Science. I have heard from
other heaIers in this city that there are
a number Of physicians who are treat
ed by science whenever they feel that
something is the matter. l have never
had a case of a physician, but 1 have
had treated a niece of a Topeka phyS1-
clan. Miss Pearl CTrubbS. Pearl and I
were chums as girls. but after 1 took
up Christian Science she apparently
didn't care as much about me, and
didn't see her for a long time She was
taken i'll about a year ago, and had to
give up her position in the Santa Fe
baggage agents office. Her friends
feared that her mind would be affected.
After taking medicine for a year she
made up her mind that she could never
get well that way, and came to me.
In little while was able to heal her.
and now she is again at work in the
Santa Fe office.
Are all the heaIers in the city busy?''
Yes, 1 know that all the Dealers
have all that they can do, and recent
ly the demand for this kind of treat
ment seems to have increased. My