Testimonies of Healing

One summer the branch of a fir tree flew back across my eye with full force and injured it. The thought that no evil can touch man relieved the pain quickly, and I went about my work.

Most of us are familiar with the words of Christ Jesus, "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. " About eleven years ago, when I was weary and heavy-laden, this message invited and directed me to Christian Science.

For about fifteen years I had suffered from asthma, which had gradually incapacitated me for work of any kind, and many times made me fearful for my life. The outlook for the future seemed very dark.

In the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 372 ), Mrs.

The blessings which have been showered upon me during the brief time I have been a student of Christian Science are altogether too numerous to permit a detailed account of each in one testimony. Out of a heart full of gratitude to our dear heavenly Father-Mother God I desire to acknowledge the efficacy of His grace through the power of Christian Science teaching.

Christian Science was brought to my attention about twelve years ago when our baby boy was healed of a hard swelling on his neck. An absent treatment was given in the afternoon and by next morning the swelling had almost gone, and in a day or so had vanished entirely.

Through the study of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, I have learned to understand and appreciate the Bible more than ever before. After six years' earnest study of the Christian Science textbooks and the authorized literature, the statements of Truth written in the Bible have been spiritually discerned, and therefore scientifically understood, because many physical healings have been made manifest, and erroneous conditions overcome.

With a joyful heart I wish to testify to what Christian Science has done for me. It is about ten years since I heard of this redemptive teaching.

From much wrong thinking I had become the victim of a seemingly serious nervous condition that threatened my sanity. In my great need a dear neighbor, who was a Christian Scientist, came in and asked me to have Christian Science treatments.

When quite a young man I had a long talk with some atheists, with the result that when I left their house my belief in God was gone; and for about twenty years I lived almost any kind of life. From time to time I wondered about a hereafter, and finally worked out a theory founded on reincarnation.