St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-10-27
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.
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Inv doing His will and manifesting His
supremacy in all things. The Bible
teaches us that God is "a very present
help in trouble" Mankind say that He
is in cases of sin, but if one be sick, he
must turn to medicine if he expects to
regain his health. There is nothing in
the Bible that gives authority for any
one to say in what kind of trouble God
may be very present help, nor to say
there is trouble that is beyond Gods
ability or desire to overcome and
destroy; and Christian Science teaches
that man has just as much right to
take sick trouble to God as he has a
sin trouble, and just as much right to
expect freedom from one as the other.
The general belief is that one must have
great faith in Christian Science before
any benefit may be derived from treat
ment by Christian Science practitioner.
This belief is erroneous; all the faith one
needs to have in Christian Science at
the inception of his desire to be benefited
by it, is sufficient faith to find a practi-
toner and express the desire for treat
ment. TO illustrate the truth of this
statement | will relate my own expert
ence when | turned from medicine to
Christian Science to find health.
Personal EXPERIENCE
was born with a supposedly incur
able organic disease; had never known a
we'll 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 physicians were
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 Bos-
ton, Mass, body Of people calling
themselves Christian Scientists were
claiming Gods word to be as presently
etficacous for the destruction of disease
as it was when Jesus was on EARTH and
that they were proving the truth of
their statement by healing people who
had gone to them for treatment after
having been pronounced hopeless and
incurable by their physicians. | accepted
the suggestion that | try Christian
Science, IN the hope that it might be of
benefit to me, and | went to a 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 be-
ing seated she asked me what seemed to
be the trouble with me. felt as though
that question added insult to injury, for
to me my suffering was most real and in
tense, SO told her that the physicians
said | had an incurable organic disease,
telling her what they said it was. After
few moments conversation, she said
she would treat me. | had not the faint
est idea what Christian Science treat
ment was, so was waiting with good
deal OF curiosity for her to begin the
treatment, when to my surprise she told
ed her arms and closed her eyes. |
watched her for moment or two, Won
dering when the treatment would begin,
when it dawned on me that this was the
treatment The absurdty of the belief
that she could do me any good, sick as
was with an incurable organic disease,
without even laying her hands on me,
was so apparent to me that | could
scarcely avoid the discourtesy of laugh
ing aloud in her face.
In a short time she arose and said, II
will see you tomorrow at the same time. y
If she had been able to know what | was
thinking, she would have known that
thought 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 it was
as much as my life was worth to &C
without This, however, | did not do,
The disease with which | was afflicted
was of such nature and had reached sc
advanced stage that it was impossible
for me to obtain any rest without the
use of an opiate, and | fully intended
taking my usual dose when | went to
bed; but the first thing of which | was
conscious, after my head touched the pill
low, was the fact that it was broad day
light, and realized that | had slept the
whole night through without any suffer
ing or discomfort.
| had awakened with a sense of hope
strength, vigor, activity and JOY, such a:
| had never known before in my entire
life, and believe the longest hours evel
spent were those between the time OF my
awakening and the time set for my next
treatment | continued to go for treat
ment for a period of about three months
when | felt | was perfectly well. Oul
family physician, who was an old trienc
and near neighbour, had known the treat
ment | was undergoing, and requested
the privilege of examining me. The priv
ilege was granted, and at the termina
ton of his examination he said miracle
had been worked for me, for was az
perfect a physical specimen as he hao
ever examined That was in March
1885. and from that day to this Chris
tian Science, as revealed to the worlt
through Mrs. Eddy, has met every dis
eased condition that has presented itsel
to me, has destroyed it and left me free
During all these intervening years
have seen continued evidence that Cod
word is efficacious in the destruction Q
all the ills to which flesh is heir. hav
seen cancer tuberculosis, locomoto
ataxia, deafness. blindness, paralysis
drunkenness, insanity and immoralit
destroyed. have seen men and womel
made well morally and physically, jus
by the inflow of divine Love, as under
stood and demonstrated in Christla
Science, and my continued study OF tn
subject makes me entirely sure tina
Christian Science, both practically an
transcendentally, is the most precious
all the good of which human conscious
ness may conceive.
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