Testimonies of Healing

For twelve years I was afflicted with a sore finger. Two physicians were consulted, one of whom explained to me that the trouble was the result of a form of nervous disease, while the other impressed upon me that eventually amputation of the hand would be necessary.

Like many others I came to Christian Science for physical healing, never realizing the joy and happiness that is in store for all who turn to this religion. Through the help of a practitioner my eyes were healed in a very short time and I was able to lay aside glasses which had been worn almost constantly for ten years on account of a structural defect.

At the age of five a childhood malady left my system in a tainted condition, according to the pronouncement of physicians, and neither medicine nor hygiene even alleviated it. As the years passed, the physique wasted and weakened until young womanhood was reached, when, after the case was finally pronounced practically incurable, I turned to Christian Science as the last available means of cure.

Christian Science found me despondent, in poverty, full of fear, and without trust in myself or any one else. I thought the world and every one in it was against me, and that I might as well get out of it.

For about two years I taught music under conditions which seemed to be harmonious with Christian Science, and not until the last couple of months of that period did I notice anything very discordant. Then both children and parents seemed to be manifesting a great deal of inharmony, and it was brought to my attention that my employer was using mesmerism and hypnotism in the classes, was even giving books on mental power and control to the parents.

I became interested in Christian Science several years ago while living in England, and am very grateful for the many blessings which have come into my life through it. An insurance agent who called at our house every week, noticing that I was often in trouble and very irritable, invited me to a Christian Science meeting.

I have been studying Christian Science literature a little over a year, but before that time I was always exceedingly bitter and prejudiced against it. One of the things I did not like was to have people tell what Christian Science did for them.

Since my healing through Christian Science of a very serious nervous trouble I have felt the great desire to testify to this experience for the benefit of my fellow men. With regard to this trouble I would confine myself to saying that it caused me dreadful suffering and affected me to such an extent at the time that I believed myself beyond hope of recovery.

I did not come to Christian Science for healing, but was healed of deafness by reading Science and Health. I was deaf from the effects of scarlet fever, which I had when eight years of age, and had no thought of ever hearing perfectly, for I was gradually growing worse all the time.

I should like to express my gratitude for the regenerating effect Christian Science has had in my life, lifting thought from self and making me a happier and better woman. I did not take up the study for any physical need, yet some beautiful demonstrations of the power of Truth have been given me.