Testimonies of Healing

In gratitude for the many blessings which have come to me through a little understanding of Christian Science, I would like to bear witness to one or two of the "signs following," which prove that it is the power of God with us, the fulfilment of Christ's promise. Since I was a child, I have, every winter, suffered from terrible colds which confined me to the house from one to two weeks, and to my bed from three to five days.

Last September I had an attack of typhoid fever. Many of my friends who depended on material remedies were in bondage for weeks; but I depended on God as the one and only Great Physician, and I knew He was able to deliver me from every ill that flesh was heir to, and through the earnest and honest work of a Scientist, I was able to go to work in a week, although I continued treatment a week longer.

I should like to tell what a wonder Christian Science has wrought in me. I had been a sufferer with rheumatism for five years, had tried everything I could hear of, electric batteries, belts, and liniments, hot and cold, of every name and nature, besides having employed several doctors.

When I became a Christian Scientist, sixteen years ago, I had worn glasses for six years on account of failing sight from age, and I continued to wear them till about three years ago. Although in the mean time I had made many good healings of imperfect sight, I was always so busy, had so much writing, etc.

Over and over again these words of Jesus come to me, "Ye shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free," and it does indeed make free. We first heard of Christian Science shortly after I had been confirmed in the Episcopal Church.

About eight months ago I became interested in Christian Science through a dear friend who had to some extent realized the power of God through Christian Science, to heal and uplift to a higher and better life in Christ. I was in great need of something better, for I had been an invalid for more than fifteen years, having submitted to two operations in less than three years, only to grow worse each time.

Every trial if rightly understood teaches us to look to the right source for help. We can learn to look to the perfect model and know that "God is All.

Several years ago I was healed in Christian Science of what materia medica called chronic dyspepsia. For several months, I was under the physician's care, and was at last told that a trip east would benefit me.

I would like to relate an incident where the law of harmony destroyed the laws of matter in the case of a broken bone. A few months ago a young woman, one who is very faithful in studying Science and Health and trusting to Christian Science to meet every need, sent me a message for absent treatment at childbirth, she living some distance in the country.

In the hope that it may help others, I want to tell how much Christian Science has done for me. I heard of it casually, but its professed healing power seemed to contain the El Dorado of all my hopes, for I had always been considered very delicate and was always on the lookout for some new drug or patent medicine which was to cure me.