Testimonies of Healing
ON my arrival at Durban, Natal, in August, 1911, I went in regularly for sea bathing, and somehow I caught a very severe cold, which affected my kidneys. The pains were at times so acute that I could only rise with difficulty from a chair, and in walking I had to put my feet down gently.
To tell all that has been done for me and my family would take too long; but when I first heard of Christian Science I had been in a very bad condition for a year, in fact life seemed a burden, and I was patiently waiting to die and get through with it all, as I then supposed. When I was taken to see a practitioner, I was wearing dark glasses, as the least light seemed to give me pain.
Like countless others, I too have occasion to thank God for numberless physical healings through Christian Science, together with a spiritual quickening that I never before thought possible. I was healed in what was to me a most wonderful manner, although I did not at that time realize it.
Out of gratitude for my quick healing, I submit the following testimony. On running to catch a train one evening, I fell and turned my ankle in such a way that it seemed impossible for me to proceed any farther.
I was first attracted to Christian Science about three years ago, when a dear friend found me and told me of the healing power of divine Truth. To me it seemed too good to be true, but since then I have learned that only the good is true.
I did not come to Christian Science for physical healing, but for a heartache which seemed unbearable. I had access to the Christian Science literature for a year or two, but I did not take it up in earnest study until I had become very miserable and wretched.
I wish to express my deep gratitude for a recent healing in Christian Science. I had been asked to introduce a speaker to a society of children, and while talking to one of the older girls, a piano to be used on this occasion had to be moved.
It is almost five years since the occasion presented itself for me to look into Christian Science. I gladly availed myself of the privilege, and so numerous have been the blessings received during this period, that I gratefully give expression through this testimony to my unbounded gratitude.
In April, fifteen years ago, I received my first treatment in Christian Science. I was suffering with stomach and bowel trouble, and quite frequently was attacked with biliousness; and in seeking relief from these ills, I constantly took medicine.
In grateful acknowledgment of many benefits received in Christian Science, I gladly offer my testimony to the healing power of Truth. Three years ago my son, then five years of age, was afflicted with a complication of diseases.