Testimonies of Healing

It is with the hope that my testimony may serve as an encouragement to some one who may be struggling to find release and deliverance "from the awful and oppressive bondage now enforced by false theories" ( Science and Health, p. 151 ), that I am prompted to write it at this time.

It is with a heart full of thankfulness to God, also of gratitude to Mrs. Eddy, who has given to mankind this healing truth, that I wish to tell of a few of the many blessings which have come to me through Christian Science.

Several years ago, while doing office work in Terre Haute, Ind. , I began to suffer from a general nervous breakdown, and later contracted what the doctors called chronic malaria.

A deep sense of gratitude and joy prompts me to tell of the blessings which have come to me through Christian Science by way of deliverance from sickness of many years' standing. I was suffering greatly from chronic stomach disorder and other complications.

I did not come into Christian Science through physical healing; but soon after becoming a Christian Scientist I had a very conclusive proof of the infinite power of Truth. While engaged in making soap in the home of my father at Winlock, Wash.

I turned to Christian Science over twenty years ago to find relief from a distressing disease of the eyeballs. I had had treatment for seven years from several doctors, but they could give me no permanent relief.

Through Christian Science I have found that God is indeed "a very present help in trouble. " One day in the summer of 1912 I was out on the porch, and in turning around quickly to pick up something, I lost my balance and fell, twisting my ankle in such a way that it sounded as if the muscles were being torn asunder, and the cracking sound continued until I struck the hard sidewalk full length.

Some time ago I had such a convincing proof of the protecting power of divine Love that I esteem it a duty as well as a privilege to give my experience to the field. I was passing the evening with some friends, and when I started for home, my host accompanied me.

About six years ago I was taken ill and suffered two years with what seven doctors called heart disease. The doctors did all they could for me, but I got very little relief.

Five years have passed since I became interested in Christian Science. Judging by appearances, which is contrary to Jesus' counsel, I was in a very serious condition, mentally and physically, and worse than all, I had grown skeptical.