Testimonies of Healing

I would like to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me. I was taken one morning with a very hard chill, and called a practitioner; but there seemed to be a complication which caused me to become fearful, and as there was much opposition to Christian Science in the home, I did not respond to treatment, though it was continued for five months.

For benefits received through the teachings of Christian Science I wish to express my gratitude. In November, 1912, my face and eyes were severely burned by an explosion of gunpowder.

When Christian Science found me eight years ago, I was strongly impressed by the clear explanations of some Bible verses in a copy of Der Herold der Christian Science, and the longing to read "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy became so strong that I secured a copy though I did not understand English.

Four years ago I was in such poor health that physicians said I would never be well again. I had been operated on twice, and they said all they could do would lie to operate again, although I might live through the operation and I might not.

In the spring of 1907 I started on a trip to visit relatives in Oakland. When I had about reached my destination the conductor gave the name of a station, and picking up my things I made for the door, not noticing that the train was still moving, and jumped off, landing on my side.

My heart overflows with joy as I think of the inestimable good that Christian Science has brought to all mankind; and my gratitude goes out to our dear Leader for again bringing to light the truth that Christ Jesus the Wayshower lived and practiced over nineteen centuries ago. About eight years ago I was instantaneously healed of a painful condition in the side, which our family physician pronounced enlargement of the spleen.

At the age of fourteen I became ill with heart trouble. The family doctor and a specialist attended me and informed my parents that I would never be fit to attend college again, and worst of all I was never to lift anything heavier than a pen.

For a long time I have felt that I should like to tell something of what Christian Science has done for me, as I have found so much help from reading the testimonies of others. I first, became interested in Christian Science in May, 1913, while feeling very ill and discouraged.

This testimony is given in thanksgiving for what Christian Science has done for me. For years I suffered from so-called valvular heart trouble and the many conditions that go with it.

Fifteen years ago, while staying in South Gippsland with some friends, I was suddenly taken ill during the night. Although a doctor was called in, it was a week before I had recovered sufficiently to undertake the journey home, and considerable time elapsed before I could say that I was myself again.