The testimonies of healing in the Christian Science periodicals have always been a great help to me. Sometimes it has been because a testimony described a healing similar to one for which I was working at the time; at other times, the description of the perseverance and faith that resulted in a healing has encouraged me to make greater efforts. I am giving this testimony in the hope that a recital of some of the blessings that have come to me will be helpful to others.
I became interested in Christian Science in 1915. There had been some serious illness in my family which an operation had not cured, and I was very much worried. My interest in Science was aroused through some chance remarks of a fellow employee who told me that his wife was a Christian Scientist, that this Science did heal sickness, and that he had actually seen instances of this healing.
There was a Christian Science church near our home, and I attended a Sunday service. I was tremendously impressed by seeing a church filled to capacity, and by the joy and spontaneity of the singing. I decided to read the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and before I had read very far, I was sure that I wanted to know more about Christian Science. It seemed to me that a next step could very well be a test of its healing power. I was bothered at this time by a catarrhal condition, so I went to a practitioner and asked for treatment. Within a day or two the trouble disappeared. I was convinced that Christian Science was what it claimed to be, and I decided to study it in earnest.
