Stanley’s Healing

When Mrs. Eddy was at Lynn, the mother of a little boy named Stanley brought him to her for healing. He had been a very perverse child, and was believed to be at the point of death from brain fever. The mother said: “I am afraid I have come too late. I think he is gone.” Mrs. Eddy told the mother to leave the child with her and to return in an hour. This she did, laying him on a bed. She took him in her arms and continued to treat him mentally. After a time he began to struggle in her arms and to say repeatedly, “I is tick; I is tick.” She replied, “You are not sick, and you are a good boy.” Before the mother returned, the child was almost well, and met her at the door. In a few days the last sign of the illness disappeared. Afterward the mother reported that he was a different boy. He was healed of a bad disposition as well as of a severe malady.

This healing is found on page 71of Historical Sketches by Clifford P. Smith

Mary Baker Eddy related the following wonderful healing which is found in the book, TWELVE YEARS WITH MARY BAKER EDDY, by Irving C. Tomlinson, pages 55-56 (edited for children)

Mrs. Eddy was called by a brokenhearted mother to attend her young son who was afflicted with ankylosed joints. The bones of the knees appeared to be solidified and the verdict of the doctors was, “a hopeless case— the boy will never be able to walk again.” Mrs. Eddy treated the little fellow and told his mother that she need have no further fear, for her son would be able to walk and run with other children. Three days after, the boy was playing in the yard with his companions. An acquaintance who saw him romping with his friends asked him what business he had to be out there and told him to go into the house, and stay there. The response from the little fellow was: “You are not my doctor. Mrs. Eddy is my doctor, and I can play if I want to.” Sometime later his mother brought him to Mrs. Eddy to thank her for his wonderful healing. As he walked across the floor, Mrs. Eddy noticed that he toed in with one foot, and spoke to him of it. He said: “My mamma said I should tell you about that. I have always walked that way.” Mrs. Eddy told him to walk in the right way, just like other boys. He did so at once, being healed instantaneously, and ever after walked naturally.