Testimonies of Healing

In the year 1905 I was pronounced by a most eminent physician a physical and nervous wreck. He told me I was incurable and could never expect to be a well woman, but he would do all he could to alleviate my sufferings.

About ten years ago I was in the grip of so-called incurable disease, and had another serious ailment for which I had been operated upon twice, but with no lasting benefit; in fact the condition was rapidly growing more serious, and the faithful physician could give me no hope of a permanent cure. I was on the verge of undergoing a third operation when a friend asked me why I did not try Christian Science, since so little hope was held out to me by the medical profession.

I wish to express my gratitude for the knowledge I have gained of Christian Science. Nearly three years ago I was healed of a very bad stomach trouble just by reading Science and Health.

Some years ago I became interested in Christian Science, not because of the physical healing, but because I was dissatisfied with the teachings of the church to which I belonged. When I heard of Christian Science it at once appealed to me as the truth I had been seeking, and to the extent that I have faithfully applied its teachings Principle has never failed me.

I have been studying Christian Science for almost three years, and it is impossible to tell what, a blessing it has been to me. Several chronic complaints have been overcome, among them being bowel trouble.

Christian Science is teaching me to be grateful for good and is putting out of my thought the fear of evil. A quite remarkable healing came to me three years ago, and it may be helpful to mention it to others, as it has helped me and made me stronger in faith.

For ten years I was a great sufferer from an abnormal growth of a fibrous nature, also from stomach and bowel trouble. I was able to eat only certain kinds of foods, and at times could have nothing but milk.

I too would join in that grand chorus of praise and gratitude which is being sent forth through our periodicals, in the hope that others who hear it may likewise come into the freedom revealed in Christian Science. Although pronounced a hopeless invalid by physicians and friends, I still had an inner conviction that there was a way out of my suffering if I could only find it.

Like many others who know little or nothing about Christian Science, I condemned it publicly and privately. When a sister living in a distant state wrote that she was interested in Christian Science I was greatly displeased.

In 1908, while daily praying that my husband might be healed of the liquor habit, I was handed a paper containing the testimony of a man who had been healed of this same discordant condition. Deciding at once that what would heal one would heal others, I started out to investigate Christian Science.