Testimonies of Healing
It gives me great pleasure to acknowledge what Christian Science has done for me and mine. I did not come to it for physical benefit, but for the spiritual uplift.
As the result of a prolonged and painful nervous breakdown, I was a wreck when Christian Science first found me. I could not sleep without the use of drugs, and had been in the doctor's hands for months without avail, until at last I seemed as one "having no hope, and without God in the world.
Some years ago, in extreme mental need, I held earnest consultation with a loved and eminent minister. In answer to my questions, he replied that he almost felt like accusing me of having dabbled with Christian Science literature.
If my testimony to the healing power of Christian Science stimulates increased effort on the part of even one searcher after ever present good, I shall be thankful; and in this spirit I lift up my heart and voice in thanksgiving for the innumerable benefits that have come to me and mine through the application of the truth as revealed to us in Christian Science. I turned to this teaching for physical healing, and through the faithful work of a loving practitioner I have received abundantly.
This is a true statement of the healing of my wife by Christian Science. — Richard Cromwell.
With the psalmist I would exclaim: "Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases.
I want to express my gratitude for the many blessings that have come to me through Christian Science; also for the understanding of this truth, which is an ever present help at all times and under all circumstances. Late one afternoon, when crossing a street where there is a great deal of travel, I was hit by a large automobile and thrown violently to the ground.
It is with a feeling of deep gratitude, though with shame for letting so long a time elapse before sending my testimony to the periodicals, that I now try to express some of the love and gratitude I feel to Christian Science, and to our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy.
From earliest childhood up to middle age my most intimate acquaintance was the family physician. I had physicians in many states, and when I look back, my heart fills with deep gratitude for the many kindnesses and ever ready response of these men to my every call.
AS a former physician and surgeon, who in his hour of darkest physical and mental need has experienced the utter fallacy of his profession, it is my privilege and joy to testify to the fact that Christian Science does heal the sick; it does diminish and destroy fear, and its perfect adaptation to all human need is available here and now to every honest seeker after Truth. I was stricken several years ago with gall-bladder infection, complicated with stomach trouble.