Testimonies of Healing
It is a little over three years since I first heard of Christian Science, and had the privilege of attending a Christian Science service for the first time. During this period I have had numerous opportunities of proving to my entire satisfaction the efficacy of Christian Science treatment to meet and master each and all of the many phases of error which try to manifest themselves from time to time, and my interest, awakened at the first experience, has gradually broadened and extended as each successive claim has been overcome by Truth, until now my sense of gratitude is inexpressible.
When Christian Science found me I was on the verge of taking my own life. I had been a drinking man for more than twenty years, the habit growing stronger year by year until it had ruled me with a rod of iron for the last five years previous to my being healed through Christian Science.
My testimonial of healing appeared in the Journal for June, 1889, a few months after being healed. The physicians pronounced my case incurable during ten years of great suffering and hopeless invalidism.
I am more than grateful for all that Truth has done for me in every way, and especially I notice its help to me in daily business life. With the industrial conditions that are in vogue nowadays, and amidst the "strenuous life" of competition, it is a relief to find at hand always a reliable Principle for guidance.
I recently heard of a demonstration which interested me, and I would like to give it. A man who is a Christian Scientist is employed in a factory where machinery is used.
It was the beauty of the teachings of Christian Science that appealed to me, and led me to investigate further. It is so reasonable, and at the same time so uplifting that it should appeal to any right-thinking person.
A few days ago I called at the dentist's to pay a bill for work done for my daughter. As I turned to leave the office the dentist, who seemed to know we were Scientists, eagerly detained me, begging me to give him some information concerning my daughter's teeth.
It was not through physical healing that I was first attracted to Christian Science, but because I was looking for a better understanding of God. The first case of healing that came under my notice was that of my little granddaughter, of diphtheria.
To-day as I sat reading a few lines from the Sentinel (a most welcome friend), the thought came forcibly to send at least a word of thanks to the many kind contributors and co-workers of the Journal and Sentinel, for the many encouraging and helpful words that I have gathered from them, also to express a word of gratitude for the Source of all this Truth. Christian Science came to my notice in an hour of great need, when all seemed very dark, both from a physical and spiritual standpoint.
It was in an hour of agony when the most powerful opiates failed even to relieve my suffering, that Christian Science came to the rescue with immediate relief. Connected with my trouble were long periods of sleeplessness, times when sleep seemed almost a thing unknown to me.