Testimonies of Healing
It has been proved to me many times that a right understanding of Christian Science heals sickness, sorrow, and sin. I am very grateful for a recent proof of this.
About eight years ago I began to attend the Christian Science services at the request of a friend. Through worry and fear I was so run down physically that it was an effort for me to do the simplest task.
In 1919 I heard Christian Science spoken of for the first time. It was brought to me by a young American soldier, a Christian Scientist, whose company was stationed in my town.
All of my early life I was in excellent health, and during eight years of public school teaching missed only three days on account of illness. Then, after a few years of married life, just as we were getting comfortably situated, my health suddenly began to fail, and I was in a deplorable condition for three years.
About twenty-one years ago my husband brought Christian Science into our home. He had been in a miserable physical condition for a number of years and had little hope, if any, of ever being any better, as medical means had brought no cure and very little relief.
For many years, like Saul of Tarsus, I verily thought I was doing God's service, to the fullest extent, while engaged in the work of the Christian ministry. Born on a foreign mission field, where godly parents had been sent to establish a mission station for a so-called orthodox church, my earliest recollections are of being taught reverence for God and trust in Him.
With gratitude I wish to give this testimony of healing in the hope that my experience may benefit someone who may be in need of such help as I asked for and received. Throughout all of her writings Mrs.
Twenty-two years ago I lay on my bed a physical wreck, suffering from stomach and liver trouble, and nervous prostration. I was in constant pain, had not experienced a normal night's sleep in weeks, and was discouraged and desperate.
When Christian Science was brought to my notice I was rapidly becoming an invalid from what doctors called paralysis of the nerves. I was weak from prostrated nerves, heart trouble, depression, insomnia, hemorrhoids, and constipation.
It would be impossible to enumerate all the benefits and physical healings I have experienced the last ten years, during which I have relied entirely on Christian Science for health, supply, and peace of mind. Two of the best orthopedic specialists in New York city had told me I probably never would be able to walk again with comfort, and I was wearing heavy metal braces in my shoes.