Testimonies of Healing
I feel it is time to add my own testimony to those that have been given, and which have been such a help and encouragement to me. In 1897 I was advised to give Christian Science a trial for nervousness in the very worst form.
While it is not long since I began the study of Christian Science, there have been a number of beautiful healings in our home. These have meant much to me, a beginner, being the proof of God's power and care, and my ambition is that my life may be a fitting witness to my deep thankfulness to God and my gratitude to Mrs.
It is with deep thankfulness to God for the many blessings I have received since coming into Christian Science, also with gratitude to our revered Leader, Mrs. Eddy, for showing us the way, that I give this testimony.
From the depth of a grateful heart I want to testify to the wonderful healing power of Truth as demonstrated through Christian Science in the healing of my little daughter of what is called membranous croup. The question was asked Mrs.
On Dec. 24, 1912, when I arose in the morning, I realized that there seemed to be something radically wrong in my condition.
Previous to coming into Christian Science I had had a rather remarkable religious experience, being tossed about from one denomination to another, always hoping for but never finding entire satisfaction, and finally giving myself up to close Bible study, though I was without any church connection for years. The only knowledge I had of Christian Science was derived from newspaper reports of an adverse nature, but a number of years ago I saw a public announcement of a Christian Science lecture to be delivered in Dublin, and I determined to go and hear for myself, to find if possible what my heart so sorely needed.
I am a student of Christian Science, and it is my desire to help others to understand the truth. Today, as I was reading the Sentinel , the thought came to me that maybe I could help not only one but many by giving my testimony of how the truth was revealed to me.
I wish to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me. It has helped me in so many ways that I am convinced it is the same healing power which was used by Jesus and the apostles.
I HAD been afflicted with what was called muscular and inflammatory rheumatism, when about the age of thirteen, through a belief of heredity, as my father and sisters had been likewise afflicted. Starting in my ankles, it gradually crept upward, and within a year had involved my whole system, bringing on spinal disease, or what is known as "Pott's curvature," until at the age of eighteen I was bent almost double.
In the spring of 1910 I became conscious of an enlargement in my breast, and it seemed to be attached, which was a most unfavorable symptom. This lasted for six weeks, during which time there was in my home a trained nurse, who so filled me with fear over the outcome of a consultation with a physician, that despite my suffering I would put off this interview from day to day.