I feel as though I have put off too long the giving of this testimony of healings received some sixteen years ago through the application of Christian Science.
One of these healings was of a supposedly incurable case of chronic catarrh of the head and throat. I was also saved from an operation for growths in one side of my nose. At that time I was at the age of sixty, and was in a run-down condition both mentally and physically, and of course very unhappy under the strain of these conditions, which kept me very much worried and under a financial strain. Finally I was advised to try Christian Science. At that time I had given up all hope of being healed. A copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy was lent to me and I eagerly read it through. I thought it presented the most beautiful of all religions. I had never attended church services and did not have anyone to advise me as to what to do next, so I laid the book aside for a year. During this time I went to a specialist and had him examine my nose. He told me of the little growths mentioned above, and said that they would have to be cut out. I had had one operation and had promised myself I would never have another. So I turned to Christian Science again, and while reading Science and Health through the second time I was healed of the catarrh. The two little growths were later expelled easily and naturally.
I have had many other healings, among which were a very stubborn case of fever and sick headaches. A crushed finger was also healed. The first joint of one of my fingers was entirely crushed, also the bone; and the nail was entirely off. I went to a doctor to have him place the nail back in position. He said it could not be done, but I told him that all I wanted him to do was to bandage it for me. This was all he did. It was a slow healing, but with the help of a practitioner and the little under-standing I had of Christian Science, the finger was completely healed, and I have a perfect nail.
