Testimonies of Healing

Nine years ago I became interested in Christian Science. Two weeks after a loving practitioner started work for me I was healed of a very serious nervous condition which months of treatment from a physician had not relieved.

Twenty-four years ago, after physicians had told us that my mother had the most dangerous form of femoral hernia, that she could never take a step without wearing a truss,and that even with one her life would be in constant danger, we turned to Christian Science for help. We knew nothing whatsoever about it, although we had seen the effects of Christian Science treatment on a neighbor who had been brought home from the West, in the last stage of consumption, to die.

It is two years since Christian Science was first brought to my notice. The only home that I had ever known was broken up.

What an inspiration are the words of the Nazarene Prophet, "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. " I can gladly testify to such a rebirth through the teachings of Christian Science, in which I became interested about two years ago.

Six years ago I was in a depressed condition. Interest in religion was gone,and I was practically an invalid,suffering from tuberculosis of the spine.

It is four years since I began to study Christian Science. I have touched only the hem of Christ's garment, but this little understanding of Truth has changed all my life and character.

I give the following testimony in loving gratitude to God for the exemplification of the healing Word through His beloved Son, and for the further explanation thereof as set forth in the writings of His messenger to this age,—our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy.

The testimonies in the Christian Science periodicals have so often lifted me from the depths that gratitude impels me to add mine to the stream of comfort which flows forth unceasingly, reaching to the farthest corners of the globe. The physical healings experienced —and they have been many—are cause for deep gratitude; but the joy that has come into my life through the unlocking of the Bible eclipses all else.

I wish to express my deepest gratitude for our dear Leader's loving wisdom in providing the Lesson-Sermons for our daily help and guidance. I had occasion to be especially grateful for this wise provision in an experience which came to me not long ago.

I have had many proofs of God's unfailing protection. I have testified of an instantaneous healing after a headlong plunge downstairs sufficient to break the neck.