Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1909-09-30

statement Will relate my own OK
perience when turned from medi.
cine to Christian Science to find
health
i Personal Experience.
4 / was born with a supposedly in
durable organic disease; had never
known well day in my life; | had
taken all kinds Of treatment known
in those days, and had received no
benefit. / had come to the place
where the physlclans we're unanimous
in saying that dissolution was at
hand / did not want to die; wanted
to stay hereto live, and be well and
able to do as other boys did. About
this time learned that in Boston.
Mass. a body Of people calling Them
selves Christian Scientists were claim-
ing Gods word to be as presently
I efficacious for the destruction Of
disease as It was when Jesus was on
earth; and that they we're proving
the truth of their statement by heal
ing people who had gone to them for
treatment after having been pro-
Inounced hopeless and lncurable by
their physicians. accepted the sug-
gestion that ! try Christian Science,
lin the hope that It might be Of bene-
lit to me, and went to Christian
Science practitioner for help.
The practitioner, woman, ushered
me into small room which did duty
as an office, and asked me to be
seated, she at the same time seating
herself in the opposite corner of the
room. After being seated, she asked
me what seemed to be the trouble
with me. felt as though that ques-
ton added insult to injury, for to me
my suffering was most real and In
tense, SO I told. her that the physi-
clans said had an incurable organic
disease, telling her what they said It
was. After a few moments conver-
sation, she said she would treat me.
| had not the faintest idea what a
Christian Science treatment was, SO
Ii was waiting with good deal OF
curiosity for her to begin the treat
ment, when to my surprise she folded
her arms and closed her eyes, !
watched her for a moment or two,
wondering when the treatment would
begin, when 1t dawned on me that
this was the treatment. The absurdi-
ty Of the belief that she could do me
any good, sick as ! was with an in
curabie organic disease, without even
laying her hands on me, was SO APP
parent to me that | could scarcely
avoid the discourtesy Of laughing
aloud in her face.
In q short time she arose and said,
In will see you tomorrow at the same
time" II she had been able to know
what | was thlnking, ahe would have
known that she wouldn't, for | did
not then intend to return for another
treatment; on the contrary, my mind
was fully made up to return to the
use Of the tonic our family physician
had told me 1t was as much as my
life was worth to go without This,
however, I did not do. The disease
with which l was afflicted was OF
such nature and had reached 80
advanced stage that it was impossi-
Bile for me to obtain any rest With
ont the use Of an opiate, and I fully
intended taking my usual dose when
| I went to bed; but the first thing
of which l was conscious, after my
head touched the pillow, was the fact
that IL was broad daylight, and
realized that had slept the whole
night through without any suffering
or discomfort.
had awakened with a sense OF
hope, strength, vlgor, activity and
10y, such as had never known be-
fore in my entire life, and ! believe
the longest hours / ever spent were
Those between the time Of my awak-
ening the time set for my next treat
ment. continued to go for treat
ment for a period Of about three
months, when felt / was perfectly
we'll. Our family physician, who was
an old friend and near neighbor, had
Known the treatment was under
going, and requested the privilege OF
examining me. The privilege was
granted. and at the termination his
examination ne said a miracle had
been worked for me, for ! was as
perfect a physical specimen as he
had ever examined. That was in
March 1885, and from that day