Testimonies of Healing

In loving gratitude for all the good that has come to me through Christian Science I write this testimony, hoping it may help some one who feels the need of strength and comfort as I did. I came to Christian Science not for physical healing but for more spiritual light.

Although it is nearly fourteen years since Christian Science came into my life, I have never before availed myself of the great privilege of sending my testimony to our periodicals. Yet this is one of the ways provided whereby Christian Scientists can help themselves and others, and I now, therefore, gladly avail myself of the opportunity.

From a little child of five I sought to know the truth. I used constantly to implore God to make me love Him and serve Him, but not because I was afraid of Him.

[Translated from the German] I wish to join others in giving thanks for what Christian Science has done for me. My daughter had been afflicted with curvature of the spine since the age of seven, and all the material means which were resorted to, such as massage, orthopedic gymnastics, suspension, etc.

The great truth, called in this age Christian Science, has proved to us that God is not afar off, but near at hand, for we have had many demonstrations of Truth's power as available in all our needs. Our son was subject to bronchitis every winter.

With the hope that some one may be freed from the dreadful bondage of the tobacco habit, I desire to make public acknowledgment of my healing through the reading of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy.

I have often wished to give my testimony as to the healing power of Christian Science. In July, 1911, I fell and sustained a severe injury of the ankle.

It gives me pleasure to testify to the help and healing I received in Christian Science through the loving, patient, and faithful work of a sister-in-law, about three years ago. I was then suffering from great mental depression and nervous exhaustion; but after having tried medical means for some months, I turned to God as my only hope and helper, and was lifted out of this terrible condition of mind and body.

I am glad to testify to what Christian Science has done for me. About four years ago I suffered from a very severe throat trouble, and a specialist who treated my case told me that I had tubercular disease, also that my lungs were partly affected as well as my throat.

I will endeavor to relate a demonstration of healing in Christian Science which has always seemed of great importance to me. Over four years ago I was suffering from what is commonly known as cataract, a growth over the pupil of the eye.