Testimonies of Healing

Christian Science has been the source of much comfort during the past two years. I am very grateful for a better understanding of God as divine Principle, the Rock of our salvation, as revealed in our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.

It was in 1898 that I first began the study of Christian Science, and from that time to the present I have daily endeavored to put in practice the understanding gained from the Bible and from our Leader's writings. To-day, I can say that with me the conviction that this Science is the truth has become increasingly stronger with the passage of the years.

For me to try to express my gratitude for my knowledge of Christian Science, in words, would be like trying to write the word "gratitude" as many times as I am capable of thinking it. Christian Science is to me like arithmetic in that I study it to use it, and do not expect to get any benefit from my study if I fail to apply what I learn.

The winter of 1878-79 I spent as a guest in the home of an uncle in whose family was an invalid daughter. All medical help had failed to relieve or heal, and discouragement naturally followed.

Words cannot express my gratitude for Christian Science. For years I had been a semi-invalid.

God is good! He is "a very present help in trouble. " Always, when we go to Him with love and understanding, He heals and saves us, for He is Life.

For eighteen years I was in a condition of semi-invalidism, the last three years of that period being totally unfit for any kind of work. According to medical diagnoses, by several physicians of various schools of medicine, I was suffering from chronic hereditary rheumatism, heart disease, kidney disease, and the consequent general debility following upon these disorders.

Sixteen years ago, in London, England, I became interested in Christian Science through witnessing the healing of a member of my family. What a happy time that was! It seemed too wonderful to be true! I began to read the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy; and I remember that each word of her hymns then seemed more precious than jewels.

Several years prior to my acceptance of Christian Science, I had been a semi-invalid, suffering constantly from pain, weakness, and fatigue. My mental state was one of complete wretchedness, amounting at times to morbidity, as life did not seem worth living.

Words can never adequately express my gratitude for Christian Science. I have been healed of a fibroid tumor, which physicians said would never be possible.