Testimonies of Healing

Such a valuable lesson in obedience was learned through a bitter experience, that I gladly give public expression of my deep gratitude to God for Christian Science, for my deliverance from what seemed to be the clutches of death. On a Sunday night I was suddenly and violently attacked with ptomaine poisoning while riding on an elevated train, and I was obliged to leave the train three different times, being unable to continue to my destination.

I am giving this testimony with a heart full of gratitude for the many benefits received through Christian Science. Since childhood my stomach caused me considerable suffering, and although we tried every possible remedy, the trouble kept growing worse.

It is with a grateful heart that I wish to tell of the healing which I have experienced through Christian Science. For about nine years I suffered with a stomach disorder, and during that time took all kinds of remedies; in fact, it seemed impossible to get along without them.

We often hear the remark from people who are not informed on Christian Science, that it is our faith which heals us. That was not true in my case, for I had no faith in this teaching, and no desire to be healed or to live.

I was a member of an orthodox church and a devoted student of the Bible from childhood, my earliest recollection being of the desire to understand my duty to God; but the way seemed mysterious and was attended with fear and doubt. Thus I studied and prayed for years.

I first learned of Christian Science through some friends, and soon afterward heard a lecture on the subject in Springfield, Mass. , where I was then living.

A longing for something more satisfying than the knowledge I then possessed of God, led me to investigate Christian Science. Soon afterward I was given the opportunity to test its healing power for my little daughter, then about two years old.

I am very grateful for Christian Science, because it has taught me so much of the truth of being. Jesus said, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

In August, 1912, my youngest boy had the misfortune to injure his arm seriously. I called in a doctor and had the bone set.

In Science and Health ( p. 234 ) we read, "Whatever inspires with wisdom, Truth, or Love—be it song, sermon, or Science—blesses the human family with crumbs of comfort from Christ's table, feeding the hungry and giving living waters to the thirsty.