Testimonies of Healing

It is with a feeling of the deepest gratitude that I wish to testify to my deliverance, through the earnest study of Christian Science, from a condition called neurasthenia, approaching melancholia. A more miserable and pitiable mental state than that I was in it would be difficult to imagine; and the physical condition became more and more hopeless as fear took possession of my thought.

In 1920, when Christian Science was first presented to me, I was a mental and physical wreck. I had been a hospital patient off and on for three years, and had visited a health resort, but received no benefit.

On page 111 of "Miscellaneous Writings" Mrs. Eddy says, "Leaving the seed of Truth to its own vitality, it propagates: the tares cannot hinder it.

I had heard of Christian Science when I lived in New York city, but thought it was a queer religion for queer people. Later, while homesteading on the California desert sixty-five miles from a railroad, I prayed to God for help, as I was seemingly passing through deep waters.

I did not turn to Christian Science for physical healing or for mental healing, but simply to satisfy my curiosity. I was so impressed by the simplicity of the Sunday services and the loving atmosphere there, that I at once took up the study of this Science.

It is now twelve years since we started to study Christian Science, and we have found it a wonderful help in trouble. I cannot tell of all the wonderful healings we have had in our family, as it would require a book to contain them ; but I will tell of one healing, in the hope that it will help someone else, and to show that distance does not hinder the good work.

In November, 1924, I received an injury to my spine which was diagnosed by a physician as a dislocated and fractured vertebra, and which caused me to have an operation for the removal of the broken vertebra. This affected the rest of my body, and I suffered considerably.

I should like to express my deep gratitude for the many healings that have come into my life since the Christian Science textbook. "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, was given me, for I was then a very delicate person.

Some years ago I was very seriously ill with what the doctors termed Bright's disease. After traveling to a number of watering places for relief, I finally returned home no better, and was persuaded to try Christian Science.

"The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword. " These words were proved to me to be true when my eight-year-old son was healed of appendicitis.