After reading my testimony, you will readily see how very grateful I am for Christian Science. Some months after my father's decease, I became ill. At first we thought it an ordinary cold that would respond to home remedies, but the progress of the cold became alarming, and a physician was called. After examining me he told my mother that I was going into hasty consumption, and he advised her to take me to Denver, Colorado. To do this she would have had to sell her already mortgaged house. My sister, who was married and living away from home, suggested that while this was being done we try Christian Science. We knew nothing of its teachings. In four treatments I was healed, although I had eight treatments.
After my healing I began to ponder the statements that one must believe. I did not think I believed. I had never heard of Christian Science until my sister mentioned it and requested that I give it a trial while waiting for the house to be sold, yet I was healed. I asked the practitioner about this. He stated that I believed enough to come for Christian Science help. I have always treasured those words. They seemed to simplify and bring within my grasp that something which I thought was beyond my understanding.
In 1948, when I started in new work, I had to have a physical checkup. After the checkup the nurse said to me: "There are scars on your lungs. At some time or other you had tuberculosis." This confirmed the diagnosis made forty-three years before, and the following years now have proved that the healing was permanent. I shall always be grateful.
