Testimonies of Healing
About five years ago I became interested in Christian Science, and I want to express my most sincere gratitude for all the blessings I have received through a slight understanding of this wonderful religion. I came to Science more to satisfy a longing for God than because of ill health.
Nine years ago I had my first Christian Science treatment. Like many others I came to Christian Science for physical healing.
Fourteen years ago I was healed of the tobacco habit in one treatment in Christian Science. Since that time I have not used tobacco in any form, nor had any desire to do so.
Eight years ago I was led to accept Christian Science through the instantaneous healing of my boy, who was considered a delicate child. We were living in South America at the time, where my son attended a school belonging to two Christian Scientists.
Christian Science came into my life at a time when we had experienced a sense of great loss and sorrow in our home. It was truly demonstrated to us that "earth has no sorrow but Love can remove.
When I first heard of Christian Science I was engaged in relief work, visiting poor people and taking them money. On these occasions it struck me that in most cases their misery was brought about by sickness; and often the thought came to me, what a blessing it would be if sickness were not known on earth or if some means were discovered to overcome it entirely.
It is with a deep sense of gratitude for Christian Science that I add my testimony to the healing power of Truth. I was practically an invalid, as the result of a surgical operation, when Christian Science was brought to my notice by a stranger, who, knowing my need, gave me the "cup of cold water in Christ's name," proving that "those ready for the "those ready for the blessing you impart will give thanks," as Mrs.
I cannot find words to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done and is doing for me. It is now eighteen months since Christian Science was brought to my notice.
I suffered for several years with neuralgic headaches, which no medicine or doctor seemed to be able to cure. Our family physician finally advised me to come to his office for an X-ray examination of my head.
On December 4, 1913, a specialist pronounced my case to be tuberculosis in a very advanced condition, and said that immediate outdoor treatment must be commenced in a shelter on my lawn. This gentleman informed my partner that I could not recover; that I would pass on within six months.