Testimonies of Healing

In every way would I express unceasing gratitude for the revelation given to this age by our blessed Leader, Mary Baker Eddy. About the time Mrs.

I want to tell how grateful I am for having been brought up as a Christian Scientist. Every day I realize more what this has meant and is meaning to me.

I attended my first lecture on Christian Science eighteen years ago, out of curiosity. My desire to know something of what Christian Science meant must have made it possible for a neighbor, who had repeatedly heard me complain of liver trouble, to offer to help me.

With a deep sense of gratitude for the wonderful truth taught in Christian Science, which has come into my life to heal and save, and with the hope that it may bring comfort and courage to some who are suffering, I am sending this account of the experiences which led me from darkness into light and joy. From early childhood I had been troubled with weak digestion; and as I grew up I frequently suffered intensely from indigestion, which seemed to make me very nervous.

Christian Science found me twelve years ago. At that time I was in Montana herding sheep.

With heartfelt gratitude I wish to testify to the healing power of Christian Science. In 1918, 1 suffered from the grippe, and afterwards from attacks with which the physicians were not even acquainted, and which frequently recurred three or four times daily.

As my whole life has been transformed and happified by Christian Science, I should like through my testimony to express, at least in part, my gratitude for the many blessings which I have received. At the age of fourteen a condition of blood poisoning led to a serious illness, which affected my heart.

Freedom — out of the darkness and bondage of fear into God's glorious sunlight! This has been my experience, just as it has been the experience of countless numbers of Christian Scientists. All my early life I was a sufferer from inflammatory rheumatism, fainting spells, and frequent attacks of tonsillitis.

It may be of interest that previous to my taking up Christian Science, religion played no part in my daily life. Owing to my education I felt rather ashamed to have a special interest in religion.

About thirteen years ago through curiosity I began reading the Christian Science Lesson-Sermons from my stepmother's books. From the very first I was interested in the just views of God that Mrs.