Testimonies of Healing

I wish to express gratitude for the many blessings which Christian Science has brought to me. Two years ago I was healed of rheumatism, which was so severe I was unable to walk without assistance.

The efficacy of Christian Science to heal disease was first demonstrated to me in an instantaneous healing of appendicitis. For a number of years following, many benefits were received from a knowledge of Truth.

It is with a heart filled with love and gratitude that I give my testimony. Although I have been but a comparatively short time in Christian Science, during this period many blessings have come to me and also to my daughters, who have been greatly benefited through the study of the Bible and the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.

Eight years ago I took up the study of Christian Science hoping that I might help a dear one who at that time was struggling to know the truth. I was in great need of Science myself, but it did not occur to me that I might derive any help from it.

Having been uplifted many times through testimonies given in our periodicals, I wish to tell of the great blessings derived from the study of Christian Science. The realization that my understanding of God was not such that it would sustain me in such trials as seemed to come to others about me led me to look into the teachings of Christian Science.

When Christian Science came to me I seemed hopelessly adrift upon the sea of materiality, without anything upon which to anchor. I had given up going to church and had exhausted medicine.

Sixteen years ago I was given the opportunity to become a Christian Scientist, but, while much in need of healing, my thoughts were so full of criticism, especially toward Mrs. Eddy, that after reading "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" and taking a few treatments, I rejected it with scorn.

About twenty years ago, I fell from a window on the second floor of a burning building to the pavement, striking on my back, which was severely injured. I was treated by some of the best physicians in the eastern part of the United States, without any relief from the pain or curving of the spine.

I wish to express my thankfulness to God for all the blessings that have come to me through Christian Science and to tell of a few of the healings that have come to me and mine. About four years ago Christian Science was presented to me, but I was not ready for it.

I have received so much good from the testimonies in the Journal and Sentinel that I should like to add mine. My occupation is grinding on an emery wheel.