Chapter XVIII - Fruitage
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placed in my hands. After reading a few pages, I be-
placed in my hands. After reading a few pages, I be-
came very much impressed with the truth therein stated,
and although I was surrounded with opposition, I knew
that "underneath are the everlasting arms." Since that
time – past the middle of the year 1899 – I have kept
pressing on, until I have been healed by reading Science
and Health. At times I was beset by what seemed un-
conquerable opposition, until the first week in October,
1904, when, upon going to my home in Darien for a visit,
I was given my liberty, and I am now earning my living
in this city. After having been subject to epileptic at-
tacks since 1892, and at one time pronounced dying
by the doctor in charge, I am now well. I have had no
fit, or symptoms of any, since the first week in May,
1904.
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I trust that this testimony to the healing power of Truth,
I trust that this testimony to the healing power of Truth,
realized by reading Science and Health (for I had no treat-
ment), may reach the eye of some to whom the battle
seems long, and inspire them with fresh courage and a
realization of the worth of the victory. I am filled with
inexpressible gratitude and love to God, and to Mrs.
Eddy. – Mrs. B. B. C., Stamford, Conn.
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A CASE OF MENTAL SURGERY
A CASE OF MENTAL SURGERY
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I have felt for some time I should give my experience
I have felt for some time I should give my experience
in mental surgery. In May, 1902, going home for
lunch, on a bicycle, and while riding down a hill at a
rapid gait, I was thrown from the wheel, and falling
on my left side with my arm under my head, the bone
was broken about half-way between the shoulder and
elbow. While the pain was intense, I lay still in the dust,
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declaring the truth and denying that there could
declaring the truth and denying that there could
be a break or accident in the realm of divine Love,
until a gentleman came to assist me, saying, he
thought I had been stunned. I was only two and a
half blocks from home, so I mounted my wheel again
and managed to reach it. On arriving there I lay
down and asked my little boy to bring me our text-
book. He immediately brought Science and Health,
which I read for about ten minutes, when all pain
left.
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I said nothing to my family of the accident, but at-
I said nothing to my family of the accident, but at-
tended to some duties and was about half an hour late
in returning to the office, this being my only loss of time
from work. My friends claimed that the arm had not
been broken, as it would have been impossible for me to
continue my work without having it set, and carrying it
in a sling until the bone knit together. Their insistence
almost persuaded me that I might have been mistaken,
until one of my friends invited me to visit a physician's
office where they were experimenting with an X-ray ma-
chine. The physician was asked to examine my left
arm to see if it differed from the ordinary. On look-
ing through it, he said, "Yes, it has been broken, but
whoever set it made a perfect job of it, and you will
never have any further trouble from that break." My
friend then asked the doctor to show how he could
tell where the break had been. The doctor pointed
out the place as being slightly thicker at that part,
like a piece of steel that had been welded. This
was the first of several cases of mental surgery that
have come under my notice, and it made a deep
impression on me.