Testimonies of Healing

I came to Christian Science not as one who is sick but as one seeking the truth. Chronic inflammation of the middle ear, from which I had suffered since the age of five as a result of measles, I did not consider as a sickness that could be healed, having become so accustomed to it.

It is now a good many years since a dear friend brought "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy from the public library for me to read. For months I had been recuperating from an illness, taking beef tea daily, hoping to regain strength.

When I first began to study Christian Science I was healed in just a few days of rheumatism and of a kidney condition which was fast developing into Bright's disease. In September, 1915, I was suffering so much that I was planning suicide, because I felt that I could not go on in this condition much longer.

From childhood I had enjoyed the study of the Bible and many times pondered over the words, "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world," and, "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. " Yet when any reference to the Bible as a present help was made, I received the reply, "Some day God will make it plain to you.

From the time I was a little child I suffered much from rheumatism in my back and head, which caused severe headaches and much pain in the eyes, so I was unable to read for any length of time without suffering. I had to do much walking in the open air and a great deal of sport.

Many have been the blessings which I have received through the understanding of God gained from the teachings of Christian Science. It was first presented to me about twenty years ago by a friend who had had healings, and who gave me a Christian Science Sentinel to read.

It is with a thankful heart I offer my testimony about the healing that has come into my life through Christian Science. One physician had told me that I had cancer, and another that he had done all that could be done and that I should have to consult a specialist.

In more than forty years of direct contact with Christian Science, I have experienced many results of its healing ministry. My parents had class instruction in Christian Science before I was born, and I am deeply grateful for the benefits derived from the early training in this Science which they gave me.

At one time I injured one of my fingers. The ligaments were so torn that the finger drooped.

Christian Science has been the source of many blessings to me, both physical and mental. Sixteen years ago I took up the study of this wonderful truth after witnessing my wife's instantaneous healing of ulcers of the stomach.