Testimonies of Healing

When I first took up the study of Christian Science I was in a very bad way, both physically and mentally; but I at once began to have hope, and was healed within a short time of constipation, salt rheum, and a skin disease of many years' standing. This was over eighteen years ago; and these healings have been permanent.

I was always considered to have a delicate constitution, subject to many ills. When twelve years of age, I contracted an illness which left me with abscesses of the ear.

Inexpressible gratitude binds me to Christian Science and to its Discoverer and Founder, Mary Baker Eddy. During many years of suffering I went astray and was near despair.

I had been baptized in a church when I was quite young, had been active in church work when only a child, and believed in the Bible with all my heart, but was not at all satisfied with the way the church I belonged to practiced Christianity. I felt as if I must progress; but I did not know of Christian Science, which is indeed progressive Christianity, until a dear sister told me of it at a time when I most needed it.

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.

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.

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.