Testimonies of Healing

I gratefully subscribe to the above tribute of gratitude. All that I am which is good, and all that I have, is directly due to the realization of the truth as taught in Christian Science.

We first heard of Christian Science at a time when my husband was a nervous wreck, and gradually losing the use of his right arm. The doctors told him that medicine would do him no good, but that he might try going to the far West and roughing it on a ranch for an indefinite period.

About five years ago, after suffering for years from chronic appendicitis, nervous indigestion, and two abnormal growths, I turned to Christian Science. Numerous doctors had treated me and I had been examined by the best diagnosticians in the city of Portland, Oregon.

Nearly five years ago I was very ill with congestion of the brain, which so affected my eyes that I was obliged to wear a green shade over dark glasses on account of a sense of intense pain caused by the light. While in this state of suffering, Christian Science was brought to my notice.

I wish to express my gratitude for Christian Science healing. When the so-called influenza was at its climax in the South, I arrived in a southern city, where I heard talk of this disease on every side, with the result that it manifested itself in a severe form; in fact, I was stricken down within four hours after my arrival and was obliged to seek a friend's home and go to bed.

For many years I was a constant attendant at a denominational Sunday school, became a member of the church when quite a young woman, and was more or less active in its young people's societies. When about sixteen I had an intense longing to know God, but the more I questioned my own church people the more confused I became and in the end concluded that God was unknowable.

Through the reading of our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, I was healed of abnormal growths, sick headaches, intestinal disorder, and curvature of the spine.

Before accepting Christian Science I was serving an "unknown God" to the best of my understanding, seeking but not finding peace. I was subject to attacks of acute lumbago and tried every material treatment I heard of, including bathing in hot springs, without effecting a permanent cure.

I am very grateful for all the help I have had in Christian Science, having proved it to be the law of God. About ten years ago I was a physical wreck, suffering from almost every ailment flesh is heir to.

Having received so many benefits through Christian Science, I wish to send a few words of appreciation for this wonderful truth. I am sure I would not be here if it were not for the good derived through its teachings.