Testimonies of Healing

I did not turn to Christian Science primarily for physical healing, though the instantaneous recovery of a sister from a so-called incurable complaint, through the work of a Christian Science practitioner, roused my interest and brought the conviction that there was a power beyond and above what I had hitherto surmised. This led me to hope that there might also be help for chronic dissatisfaction and unhappiness, believed to have been caused by a grievous loss earlier in life which seemed to blight and bring to failure my every undertaking and to leave me restless and unable to persevere in any work, or to stay anywhere sufficiently long to succeed.

With a grandfather, a father, two cousins, and a sister graduates from medical colleges, and with a loving mother eager to dispense in generous doses whatever they prescribed, I have had a great deal of medical treatment; and I am grateful for the love that prompted my parents to use the very best remedies of which they knew. When a baby three weeks old I contracted a very severe case of lung trouble; in fact, my twin brother passed on at that time with the same complaint.

Christian Science was brought to our attention twenty-nine years ago. My father and my mother became interested in it through a sermon delivered by their orthodox pastor with the intention of denouncing Christian Science; but instead of accomplishing its purpose, it led them to investigate this religion.

I am sincerely grateful to have found Christian Science, which has pointed out to me the path to health and true peace. About eleven years ago I suffered from an abdominal trouble which on examination the physicians said could be cured only by an operation.

At the age of four I became very ill with indigestion, and this trouble grew worse as time went on. When ten years old I was put on a very strict diet, which I followed for many years.

For more than a score of years Christian Science has met every need that has arisen in my experience. Many instantaneous healings have come through the loving help of practitioners and through my own realization of God's allness in the light of our Leader's teaching.

About nine years ago Christian Science first came to my notice, finding me in a most unhappy condition mentally and physically. For three years I had been constantly under the care of doctors and had taken much medicine.

When I ponder "the deep things of God" and realize the great significance of His watchful care and the tender lessons of divine unfoldment in consciousness during many a one's passage Spiritward, I am inspired with solemn wonder. On a certain Sunday in my childhood I heard read in an orthodox Sunday school a passage from the Bible, telling of Jesus' raising of Lazarus from the dead.

Truly , "the heart grows rich in giving. " With an overflowing heart filled with gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me and mine, I am sincerely grateful, and wish to give my testimony so that it may be of help to others.

For more than half of my life I have been a student of Christian Science. There has never been a time that a problem has not been solved when this Science has been correctly applied.