Testimonies of Healing

Christian Science came into my life when I was a mere child, and although I did not adopt it at that time I remember that it brought a ray of hope into my life. We were laboring under a heavy sense of grief, my father having passed on suddenly when just in the prime of life.

I have desired for some time to write an expression of the gratitude I feel for the many blessings that have come to me through a knowledge of the Science of Christianity as taught in our textbook, '"Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy.

During the winter of 1911 I was seized with severe pain in the loins and legs. I was forced to remain in bed, and to call in a doctor, who diagnosed my case as internal neuralgia.

About a year ago as I stepped from a street car in one of our large cities I was struck by an automobile going at a high rate of speed. As I whirled in the air I heard my own voice say, "God is my life," and although an alert police officer came quickly to my rescue, I made an effort to rise from the pavement before any assistance came, which confirms my belief that I did not lose consciousness.

With thanksgiving and loving reverence to God and gratitude to our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, I give this testimony of healing in Christian Science.

Having for many years received countless blessings through the gentle ministry of Christian Science, I send my testimony for the comfort of some weary seeker after health and happiness. Several years ago I suffered from sleeplessness and was not able to do any work for a whole year.

I did not begin the study of Christian Science for physical healing, but because of a sense of emptiness in my life. There were so many things I could not understand,—I had been taught from childhood that God is a stern parent, who punishes us for circumstances over which we have no control, and it seemed impossible to me that He could at the same time be a God of love, so when Science and Health was put into my hands three years ago I was ready to receive it.

I have very great reason to be grateful to Christian Science for the wonderful help and guidance I have received through its teachings. I first attended a Christian Science Sunday school about six and a half years ago, when I was sixteen, and since then have relied on the truth to overcome my every problem, whether mental or physical.

I am writing to express my gratitude for the great joy and good health that have come to me through treatment in Christian Science. I have had no return of the stomach trouble for which I was treated, and can eat fruit of any kind, without the slightest return of the old suffering.

I feel that I should no longer delay in sending my testimony to our periodicals. Over forty years ago, when a boy of eight, I fell, and as a result was afflicted with what the physicians termed hip disease.