Testimonies of Healing
It is with a sense of deepest gratitude that my husband and I testify to the healing power of Christian Science. This healing truth came to us at a time when all seemed dark, with nothing facing us but despair.
Christian Science teaches us to glorify God by proving to the world that good is the only power. In my home many discords have been overcome through the application of this healing truth.
In August, 1910, I received a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. " I believe I can truthfully say that I am a better, wiser, and happier woman than I ever thought it possible to be, and I write this testimony with the hope that if any who read it are in doubt as to the value of Christian Science, they will be encouraged by it.
The following testimony is a grateful recognition of what Christian Science has done and is doing for me and my family. I trust it may bring encouragement to those who have given up all hope of ever being well, and who have gone the rounds of material remedies, climate included.
I first became interested in Christian Science by reading a criticism of it which made me wish to know what it really was. I had a friend that I knew was interested in its teaching, so I went to her and asked to borrow a copy of Science and Health.
After a long period of silence, due to the fact that I desired to be absolutely certain that I was healed, I am impelled to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me. In doing so, I desire to express my thankfulness to God, also my gratitude to those dear friends who were the means of showing me the way, and who so loyally stood by me in the face of strong antagonism on my part.
SEVERAL years ago I came into Christian Science, or rather was taken to it, and was healed. My ailment was the direct result of an accident aboard a large ship.
In studying Jesus' query, "Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?" I felt as if I was classed among the nine, for it has been about eight years since I came to Christian Science for healing, and although I have been very thankful, I have never before sent in a testimony. For a long time I had a desire to unite with The Mother Church, but as I could not demonstrate much for myself, this seeming lack prevented me from taking the step.
In Psalms we read: "What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.
It is with a grateful heart that I try to tell of the blessings I have received in Christian Science. A few years ago I was suffering from lung trouble, and in 1910 my doctor told me he had done all he could for me.