Testimonies of Healing

  It is with a happy heart that I offer up a prayer of thanksgiving for the light of Truth which, in the hour of greatest need, came into my life to banish darkness, to save and regenerate, to bless and heal. For more than a year it seemed a formidable battle.

For a number of years our family has been enjoying the fruits of Christian Science. We can testify to many healings and blessings supplied by our Father-Mother God.

It is the desire to sing praise to God in deepest gratitude that prompts me to write this testimony. I received my awakening at a testimony meeting at The Mother Church seven years ago.

I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude for my healing, and for many other blessings which have come to me in Christian Science. For about thirty years I suffered from a chronic nephritic disorder, with which I was confined to bed every winter.

Not having seen a testimony from this part of the country for some time, I should like to say that I enjoy reading the different accounts of gratitude from all the states, many from places where I formerly lived, and also those from foreign countries. We rejoice that Christian Science has gone "across the ocean" and is being "known in every land.

I want to express my gratitude for Christian Science, as discovered and taught by our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy.

I have been reading the Christian Science periodicals, and also the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy,—in fact all of her writings,—with a deep interest for about four years, and have become very grateful for the comfort and healing message they bring. I am prompted by the sense of love which Christian Science has instilled in me, to want to share what this wonderful revelation of Truth has done for me, that it may help some brethren somewhere.

When about twelve years of age, I had a severe fall while roller skating. I could walk only with much pain and difficulty, and could not bend over or dress myself.

In February, 1915, after years of suffering, I finally asked a friend, a good friend and a neighbor, if Christian Science would help me. She gladly replied, "Now you are ready to accept Truth;" so with her loving help I became interested in Christian Science.

Back of this testimony is the same motive which I suppose prompts every one that is written—the desire to help others who have like problems. "A great sacrifice of material things must precede this advanced spiritual understanding," Mrs.