"My heart is singing: I have found the way." These words in one of the hymns from our beautiful revised Hymnal, express my thought, for I have indeed found the way of true happiness and peace. When Christian Science came into our home it found us burdened with sickness and sorrow. My mother was fast becoming an invalid with heart trouble; she was also laid up most of each winter with bronchitis. A copy of the Christian Science textbook was lent to her, and after she had been reading a few hours she felt that it was the truth. From that time she began to improve. Heart attacks, weakness, and bronchitis diminished, and soon ceased altogether. Today she is leading an active, useful life.
When I saw the gradual change in my mother I started to study in earnest, and I can never be too grateful to God that I did so, for I have received abundant proofs of God's goodness. I was healed of blood disorder, which seemed to cause many discordant conditions. I learned in Christian Science that God, not blood, is my life, and that He gives man the glorious gift of perfect health. I received great comfort and help when my son was born; many material beliefs were overcome, and I learned to stand more firmly in Truth.
I should also like to give thanks for the "dark times," when it did not seem easy to declare the truth, for these times have proved to be the "growing times," and have drawn me closer to the Bible and its precious promises, teaching me that joy is spiritual and ever present. I feel, on writing this testimony, that not half has been told of the joy, health, peace, and love that have come to our home through this wonderful religion, Christian Science.— Bournemouth, Hampshire, England.
It is with joy I verify my daughter's testimony. Before Christian Science came to me I did not know where to turn for help. The doctors had done all they could for me; then I went to a specialist and he told me that he was sorry for me but that I had come too late. Soon after this, Christian Science came to me, and oh, what joy it was when I knew I had found the truth! I suffered much from an inward goiter on the left side of the neck and was always in pain. The goiter was healed soon after I came into Christian Science. I had worn bandages for over eighteen years, the doctor saying I should never be able to leave them off. This condition was healed also. I am very grateful for all these healings, but still more grateful for the better understanding of the Bible and of God as Father and Mother, and for all the activities of The Mother Church. I am grateful also for membership in The Mother Church and in a branch church.— Bournemouth East, Hampshire, England.
