It is with the deepest sense of gratitude for Christian Science and for Mary Baker Eddy, the divinely inspired revelator of Truth to this age, that I offer this testimony of the healing power of Christian Science. This Science came into my experience at a time of urgent need. A well-known physician, who was a specialist in pulmonary diseases, had diagnosed my case as tuberculosis and had expressed grave doubts about my recovery.
Although I had previously learned something of Christian Science through a very patient and loving friend, who was a Christian Scientist, and had been healed of a serious physical problem through Science treatment, I had turned back to materia medica, and, as I have mentioned, sought help from a medical specialist. The report of this physician was so utterly discouraging that I returned to Christian Science, although in despair.
However, through the encouragement and faithfulness of my friend, and with daily help from a practitioner, I began to lose some of the fear, and I improved physically. There were some severe testing times when frightening physical symptoms reappeared, but after about four months every symptom of the disease disappeared, and I had gained twenty-five pounds in weight. This healing occurred more than thirty years ago. It was complete and has been permanent.
I feel that I would be remiss if I did not express gratitude for another healing of a different nature, for it was extremely important to me. I had been a very fearful child, and I grew up with a most painful sense of self-consciousness. Human will was the only means I knew with which to combat this problem, and it was of no avail. It would be difficult to describe the mental agony which the condition brought me. I felt that it was a great weakness, and I tried to hide it; I was even ashamed to ask a Christian Science practitioner for help.
After my healing of tuberculosis I became an earnest student of Christian Science and a member of The Mother Church and a branch church. I began to learn through my study of Christian Science that man is the beloved son of God, His image and likeness, a complete, harmonious, fearless expression of God's being, having dominion and poise. When I saw that self-consciousness is the acceptance of a belief in a selfhood apart from God, the problem started to fade away. It disappeared so gradually and completely that I was not aware of its going. I have always been profoundly grateful for this healing.
Heretofore my gratitude for Christian Science has been more for specific healings. Now, through attaining a clearer understanding of this divine revelation, I am learning to be more grateful that God is Life, Truth, and Love and that His infinite goodness and divine love are ever available to all. I am indeed grateful for the healing and regenerating Truth which Christian Science reveals and makes available to all. — Los Angeles, California.
