Testimonies of Healing

Love and gratitude have much to tell but are often speechless, not knowing how to express themselves, and thus it is that I find myself unable to say what I would; but as I think of our dear Leader's unceasing labors of love, her unflinching courage under every difficulty, her longsuffering, patience, and endurance, I can say as did Paul, "I thank my God upon every remembrance" of her. I would like to tell about my recent visit to South Africa, from whence I returned last November.

I wish to express in a few words my thankfulness for all the good that I have received from Christian Science. I was sick, morally and physically, and had lost all hope of being healed, when I learned of this great truth, which has healed me in the measure that I understood it.

I feel so grateful for what Christian Science has done for me that I can no longer withhold my testimony, that others who suffer may be benefited also. A little over two years ago I became interested in Christian Science by attending one of the lectures given here in Providence.

Early in 1895, after I had undergone the eighth operation, which left me a nervous wreck, Christian Science came to my attention, and I took three weeks' treatment in Kansas City. I then returned to Mexico, and not understanding how to go on in the Science alone, and with no one near to help me, we felt obliged to call in our old family physician when a seemingly dangerous condition appeared.

I wish to express my gratitude to God for my healing in Christian Science, which occurred about two years ago. I had been a sufferer from stomach, liver, and kidney troubles for eight or nine years, which had brought on most persistent and aggravating sleeplessness.

On the basis that gratitude seeks expression, I write a few words regarding the way in which God has guided me to a clearer view of Truth as revealed in the Bible and "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy.

After passing three score and ten years, I found myself diseased, waiting for death, and believing it would open the gates of paradise for me. I suffered from stomach trouble, which had cast a dark shadow over some thirty years of my life.

I write in loving gratitude for the peace that Christian Science has brought me. I have indeed found it to be "a divine utterance,—the Comforter which leadeth into all truth" (Science and Health, p.

In giving my testimony I must go back to the time of the Anglo-Boer war, in order that my narrative may be clearly understood. Being an old burgher of the late South African Republic, I was called upon to take a very active part in the war.

Several years ago, when I was utterly discouraged, — sick in mind and sick in body,—despairing of regaining the health and happiness that seemed to have been lost, I went to a Christian Scientist, hoping to be freed from the pain that had been my companion for so long, but knowing nothing regarding this Science except that it promised physical relief, not even then appreciating the fact that it was in any way connected with religion. My thought always turns lovingly to that time when almost at once the burden of suffering and sorrow was lifted, and a new world took the place of the old.