Testimonies of Healing

Christian Science came to me about twelve years ago as an answer to prayer that I might get a better understanding of God, in order to become free from the numerous ills, both physical and otherwise, that seemed to claim me. I had come to the point where all material supports failed me, and I knew there was no other help than God; but I did not know how to obtain God's help.

It is with profound gratitude for Christian Science that I send this testimony of a healing of heart trouble which I experienced a few years ago. From the age of ten years I had been in bondage to this difficulty, which involved frequent attacks.

I have been completely restored to health through Christian Science. Words cannot express my gratitude for having been shown the way of Truth, Life, and Love.

This testimony is the expression of deep experiences covering years of yearning, suffering, and the triumph of Soul-sense over material sense. For some years I had been an earnest student of Christian Science, gaining many healings and much light, but never much constant health or strength; and since childhood a deep hunger had remained unsatisfied, a longing for more unfoldment.

It is with heartfelt gratitude that I take this opportunity of bearing witness to the great fact that Christian Science, when studied, understood, and applied, as set forth in the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, does heal the sick, regenerate the sinner, and lift mankind from the slough of sorrow and despair into the sunlight and joy of man's true relationship to his Father-Mother God. For the past five years through the daily study of the Bible, Science and Health, and also the Christian Science periodicals, I have had many healings.

One of the greatest proofs of the sustaining power of the truth, in what seemed to be a rather slow healing, occurred after the birth of our son in 1924. Previous to his birth I had allowed thoughts of resentment and fear to enter my consciousness, due to a business failure of my husband.

Under conditions most distressing to human sense, the power of Truth was demonstrated to me, following the promise, "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. " This promise was fulfilled through the very patient and loving help of a practitioner, and I was lifted out of and apart from these seeming inharmonies.

With a grateful heart I wish to testify to all the blessings which God has let me experience in Christian Science. Those who knew me several years ago would not recognize me today: an unhappy individual burdened with pain has become a joyous person.

Christian Science has indeed delivered me from a deep and horrible pit caused through harboring wrong thoughts. When a friend lent me the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, over four years ago, I was suffering from extreme depression and fits of blackness and fear.

Christian Science was first mentioned in our home in my early teens, but as I did not know where or how to obtain further information, the subject was dropped. A few months later, when my mother was preparing to undergo an operation which the physicians said would prove fatal, a telegram was received from a relative asking her to go to the person mentioned in the telegram.