Testimonies of Healing
One May day my little daughter then about six years old, in company with her schoolmate, went into a field to pick strawberries. There were mules in the field.
It is several years since the glorious truths of Christian Science were presented to me, and I have long desired to give my testimony of gratitude for the many blessings received. From early childhood I had a strong belief in the power of evil, along with intense fear.
Nineteen years ago I suffered from bronchial asthma, an internal displacement for which I wore a support, constipation, and general debility and nervousness. At that time there was one student of Christian Science in Rocky Mount who, hearing of my need, sent me some copies of The Christian Science Journal and the Christian Science Sentinel.
When Christian Science first came to my notice I had been suffering and in ill health for many years. I was miserable and depressed, continually grieving that I should have become such a burden to my husband.
The words of the poet Milton, "Hence, loathed melancholy," often found echo in my heart as I struggled to free myself from the visitor that so persistently drew down all the shades of my mental home and made it a chamber chill, dark, and dreary. The "shadow" of melancholy darkened my consciousness for years, but now I am grateful to bear witness to the power of Christian Science to bring light to the mind and joy to the heart.
Christian Science was brought to my attention three times before I accepted it: twice by way of conversation with students that was not convincing; then through a copy of The Christian Science Journal of the fall of 1922, mailed to me by a friend. Since then I have been a student of Christian Science; for I found in the literature that for which I had sought in many churches—reasonable answers to reasonable questions.
It gives me great pleasure to be privileged to express my gratitude and to give this testimony. For fifteen years I suffered from chest and heart disease, which forced me to struggle for breath for nights at a time, completely exhausting me by morning.
About nineteen years ago I became interested in Christian Science, and since then I have had many wonderful healings, some being instantaneous and others requiring much prayerful study and work. Although I have always been very grateful for the quick healings, I realize that much growth in understanding has come from having to turn constantly to God for guidance and help in working out what seemed to be prolonged and difficult problems.
Fourteen years ago I was stricken with a severe nervous breakdown. After everything had been done in a medical way, Christian Science was presented to me.
At the end of March, 1925, I was taken with violent pains in the right kidney. After trying many treatments, hypodermic injections, and so on, I was told by two physicians that my only chance lay in an operation.