Testimonies of Healing
I was afflicted for many years with weakness in several ways, especially of the uterus. I was treated by physicians, but could not see that I was ever to be well.
My babe, four months old, was afflicted with pneumonia. She was treated by a physician seven weeks, and grew worse all the time.
My Dear Teacher : Truth is manifest in its fruit. A gentleman called to ask if rupture could be cured.
Trusting my experience with Christian Science healing will give light and hope to some sufferer, I gladly give it to the world. In the belief that I began life with hereditary weakness of digestion, assimilation, and nerve-force, yet possessing an energy beyond my strength, I was always careful not to overdo.
Two years ago I had a serious attack of inflammation of the bowels, which left me with a weakness which made it impossible for me to do any work without its laying me up for a day or two. Physicians said this trouble was caused by painting, which was one of my frequent occupations.
Dearly beloved Journal : For over thirty years I was an invalid witness for Generalissimo, the ruler of mortal mind. I have become, through the regenerating power of Truth, a valid testator to the Mind which is in Christ.
To the Afflicted : I was a great sufferer for three years. I had been under the care of the best doctors, and tried change of climate, and was still in the worst condition.
I was troubled with heart-disease from the time I was sixteen years old, it being hereditary in my family. I was unable to do any kind of hard work, and I never could run, or take any violent exercise, without bringing on palpitation of the heart.
Dear Mrs Eddy: As speech has been so miraculously restored to me, I feel that I must use it in telling others of the great Truth, which has been demonstrated upon me, that healing power which all may find if they seek for it in the right direction. Ten years ago I received a terrible fright, which so shocked my nervous system that my voice entirely left me.
It is with emotions of mingled joy and regret that I pen the following lines: joy, that I, who have been an invalid for over twenty years, am now, and have been for several weeks, a well woman; regret, that the opinions of many ridicule the means by which I have gained health. I feel it a duty to my Creator, as well as to suffering humanity at large, to say, that after having tried physicians, springs, and patent medicines, receiving only temporary relief, I was persuaded to take Christian Science treatment of Mrs.