Testimonies of Healing
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.
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.
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.
It is with a sense of increasing love and gratitude that I give this testimony to the healing and regenerating power of Christian Science; and I know that just in so far as I am obedient to this teaching, am I able to prove "God's omnipotence and the healing power of the divine Love in what it has done and is doing for mankind" ( Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, by Mary Baker Eddy, p. 55 ).
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.
I first became interested in Christian Science about eighteen years ago. I had been sick for so many years that I finally became so discouraged I did not see anything to live for.
When God led me to Christian Science I was in dire distress. My mother had been ill for three years, and the doctors we consulted could not help her; they could not even diagnose her case.
During the last twelve years the numerous testimonies which I have read in the Christian Science periodicals have been a source of great comfort to me, and an encouragement to continue my study of the subject. I am grateful for the understanding I have gained of God as an ever present help, which can be proved under all circumstances.
A written expression of my gratitude for all the blessings that have come to me and mine through the study of Christian Science, is but an iota of the good I must do in order to prove my sincerity. The wondrous light of Truth and Love that has come to me since taking up this study, about fifteen years ago, is beyond words to express.