Testimonies of Healing
In gratitude for relief from a distressing physical condition, I wish to bear witness to the healing power of Christian Science. Medical advice offered no hope, but it was thought a surgical operation might remove the trouble.
Having been healed through the study and help of Christian Science, I feel I must obey the command of Christ Jesus, "Freely ye have received, freely give. " It is with great joy that I bear witness to the healing power of Truth as taught in Christian Science.
If the teachings of Christian Science, as discovered and founded by Mary Baker Eddy, did not contain the absolute truth about God and man's relation to Him, I should not be here to give this testimony. In August, 1916, I was healed by Christian Science treatment, and raised from what was expected to be my deathbed, after two doctors in consultation had failed to relieve the condition in the slightest degree.
With deep gratitude I write this testimony of what Christian Science has done for me. By putting into practice my understanding of this beautiful truth I am receiving blessings daily.
My husband and I eagerly took up the study of Christian Science over twenty years ago, when we saw the healing of a friend who had been a bedridden invalid for some years. I knew that such a healing could have been brought about only by God's power, although at the time I knew nothing of Christian Science, except that I knew of a few people who called themselves Christian Scientists and claimed to do healing.
When I turned to Christian Science for healing it was at a time of great need, when everything else had failed. I had been ill many years, at times seriously so; then I would be better for a while, but never free from suffering.
Eighteen years ago I was crippled with rheumatism, walking in agony with the aid of two sticks, and unable to hold my own baby. I was also threatened with creeping paralysis.
I am more grateful than I can express that Christian Science has taught me something of the fatherhood and motherhood of God. I had always missed the love of a human father and mother, but even though the lack of it seemed severe at times, it caused me to turn to God and acknowledge Him as my Father and Mother.
It is with a heart full of thanksgiving that I offer this testimony in the hope that it may help to lighten my brother's burden as so often another's testimony has lightened mine. I remember so well that several years ago, when seeking physical healing, I often thought that if I could find health and peace I would never cease expressing my gratitude to God and Christian Science.
From early childhood I longed for health and a satisfying religion, and spent many weary hours grieving because my parents claimed no religious associations. After years of prayer to an "unknown God," seemingly without any favorable results, I reached a state when I said that there might be a God but I could not find Him.