Testimonies of Healing

For a number of years my wife had been suffering from a complication of diseases, and physicians had never been able to afford her more than temporary relief. By the advice of friends I decided to investigate Christian Science, in the hope of ('finding therein some relief for her ailments.

For fifteen years I was afflicted with stomach and bowel trouble, and in those fifteen years I tried every remedy I heard of, and every physician in my home town, besides several out of town; but all this did me no good. At last I heard of Christian Science, and I began to take treatment.

I had always been very delicate, and about ten years ago my health failed entirely. For five or six years I was practically helpless, owing to a weakness of the spine and a general breaking down of the nervous system.

It is my heart's desire to give an expression of the gratitude which fills me for all that Christian Science has done for me. In October, 1908, while in Braunschweig, I was taken ill with severe kidney trouble, which became most alarming.

When my attention was first called to Christian Science, I was a weak, sickly woman, both physically and mentally. I had been an invalid for eighteen years, which condition was brought about from the birth of my children.

THAT the power of God, as taught and understood in Christian Science, heals the sick and reforms the sinner, I have abundant proof. Feeling that my experience may encourage others who may be suffering as I did, I feel impelled to relate it.

"Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies.

Christian Science has wrought such a change in my life and in my home, that it would be difficult for me to find words to express the gratitude I feel for these blessings, but I send this testimony, trusting that it may encourage some one who is incredulous as to the healing in Christian Science of what are called chronic or organic diseases. I had never known what it was to feel well, being a very delicate child and a sufferer for nearly all my life, although every remedy had been tried to cure or relieve me of rheumatic gout, from which I had suffered for twenty-five years.

In gratitude for Christian Science, I offer this testimonial, hoping it may help others. For more than forty years I suffered from disease; slight at first, but increasing as time went on, until about five years ago, when the end seemed near.

In August, 1907, I fell and injured my wrist very badly. The pain was intense, and my daughter wished to send for a doctor, but I asked her to telephone to a Christian Science practitioner for help.