Testimonies of Healing

Christian Science is the greatest blessing that ever came into my life. I have been studying it for more than eight years.

The privilege of being a student of the inspired writings of Mary Baker Eddy has brought to me the only understanding of God I have. Since I never thought I needed God until I became "incurably" ill, I can now see how important it is for religion to include the command of Christ Jesus to "heal the sick," else, when I reached "man's extremity," I should not have found it to be "God's opportunity," as revealed in Christian Science.

What a glorious revelation to this century, to know that the dream of materialism is fast waning, and that Christian Science can lift every one from all thought of self, fear, and limitation, when rightly applied! Christian Science came to me many years ago, when I was practically an invalid. My first and only thought was of self; fear was my constant companion; and my knowledge of God was indeed limited.

If Mrs. Eddy through her simplicity, purity, and compassionate love for mankind had given the world nothing else than the spiritual interpretation of the Lord's Prayer, to be found on pages 16 and 17 of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," I should owe her an endless debt of gratitude.

I first turned to Christian Science when I had the mumps. Those who have had experience with this malady under medical treatment know that doctors do little for it, but allow it to run its course.

Before seeking physical healing in Christian Science in the year 1911, I had all my life been subject to colds. For a period of about six years prior to that time I was seldom without a severe cold, accompanied by a very bad cough.

For six years I suffered from a severe chest trouble. I could not do any hard work, and could attend to only the lighter duties of our home.

For years I suffered from poor eyesight, and was almost constantly under the care of a doctor, steadily growing worse, until finally he told me he could do nothing more for me. I then made an appointment with an eye specialist in Chicago.

At the very threshold of young manhood, about fifteen years ago, I was in bondage to a number of wrong moral habits and was suffering from several physical ailments, one of these being an enlarged spleen accompanied by chronic stomach disorder. I had a very sensitive disposition, and was extremely self-conscious in appearing before an audience and in meeting strangers.

For years previous to my entry into Christian Science I had been filled with a heartfelt desire to be of service to suffering humanity; and considering the healing of the sick most needful, I took up the study of medicine. Later, I practiced this art of healing with unusual success.