The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-21

and destroy; and Christian Science
teaches that man has just as much
right TO take a sick trouble to God
as he has a sin trouble. and Just as
much right 10 expect freedom from
one as the othor.
The general belief is that one must
have great faith In Christian Science
before any benefit may be derived
from treatment by Christian Science
practitioner. This belief is errono-
Gus; all the faith one needs to have in
Christian Science at the inception OF
his desire to be benefited by It. is suf-
ficient faith to ind a practitioner and
express the desire for treatment To
illustrate the truth of this statement
| Will relate my own experience
when l turned from medicine 20
Christian Science to find health.
Personal Experience.
was born with supposedly In
durable organic disease; had never
known a well day In my life: I had
taken all kinds OF treatment known
IN those days. and had received no
benefit. l had come to the place
where the physicians were unanim-
Gus In saying that dissolution was
at hand. l did not want TO die, I
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, a body Of people calling
themselves Christian Scientists were
claiming Gods word to be as present
" eGlcaclouS for the destruction OF
disease as It was when Jesus was on
earth; and that they were proving
the truth of their statement by heal
ing people who had gone to them for
treatment after having been pro.
nou0ced hopeless and incurable by
their physicians. l accepted the sug
gestion that l try Christian Science,
in the hope that It might be OF benefit
to me, and / went 10 n Christian Sci
ence practitioner for help.
The practitioner. a woman. ushered
me into a small room which did duty
as an Office. and asked me to be seat
ed, she at the Same time seating her
self IN the opposite corner of the
room. After being seated she asked
me what seemed to be the trouble
with me. I felt as though that ques-
ton added insult to injury. for to
me my suffering was most real and
intense. SO l told her that the physi-
clans said l had an lncurable organic
disease, telling hcr what they said It
was. After u few moments conversa-
tion, she said she would treat me, I
had not the faintest idea what
Christian Science treatment was. so
was waiting with a good deal OF
curiosity for her to begin the treat
ment, when 10 my surprise she folded
her arms and closed her eyes.
watched her for a moment OF two.
wondering when the treatment would
begin, when 1t dawned on me that
this was the treatment. The alb
surdity OF the belief that she could
do me any good, sick as l was with an
incurable organic disease, without
even laying her hands on me, was so
TO me that l could scarcely
avoid the discourtcsy Of laughing
aloud in her face.
In q short time she arose and said.
~ will see you tomorrow at the
same time If she had been able to
know what 1 was thinking. she would
have known that I thought she
wouldn't, for l did not then intend 10
return for another treatment; on the
NOnNt az y llN Llluu WIS lull4 UtQG I'D
to return to the use of the tonic our
family physician had told me 1t was
as much as my life was worth to 20
This, however. I did not do.
The disease with which was afTllct-
ed was OF such a nature and had
reached so advanced a stage that il
was impossible for me TO obtain any
rest without the use OF an opiate, and
fully intended taking my usual dose
when wont to bed; but the first thing
Of which / was conscious, after my
head touched the pillow. was the fact
that 1t was broad daylight, and [
realized that l had slept the whole
night through without any suffering
or discomfort.
1 had awakened with a sense of
hopc. strength, vigor. activity and Joy.
such as l had never known before in
my entire life, and l believe the long