Testimonies of Healing

We often hear the remark from people who are not informed on Christian Science, that it is our faith which heals us. That was not true in my case, for I had no faith in this teaching, and no desire to be healed or to live.

A longing for something more satisfying than the knowledge I then possessed of God, led me to investigate Christian Science. Soon afterward I was given the opportunity to test its healing power for my little daughter, then about two years old.

I first learned of Christian Science through some friends, and soon afterward heard a lecture on the subject in Springfield, Mass. , where I was then living.

I am very grateful for Christian Science, because it has taught me so much of the truth of being. Jesus said, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

In August, 1912, my youngest boy had the misfortune to injure his arm seriously. I called in a doctor and had the bone set.

In Science and Health ( p. 234 ) we read, "Whatever inspires with wisdom, Truth, or Love—be it song, sermon, or Science—blesses the human family with crumbs of comfort from Christ's table, feeding the hungry and giving living waters to the thirsty.

It has now been seven years since I turned to Christian Science as a last resort, in the hope of finding relief from asthma, which had become chronic. I had been bound by its seeming power for more than twenty years, and had exhausted every material remedy.

To those who have turned to Christian Science for the healing of sickness or other inharmonious conditions, who today are waiting for the fulfillment of the promise of the Father, and who falter in their hope because they have grown weary, perchance, in seemingly long continued darkness, I would come with the glad testimony that "he is faithful that promised," and to them that commit their way unto the Lord, He will surely bring it to pass. Some years ago, after a long search for the way of life, I was driven by ill health to Christian Science.

In a spirit of deep gratitude I wish to tell of how I was led into the study of Christian Science. The Bible tells us that "a little child shall lead them," and this was surely proven to us, as our initial experience in the healing efficacy of Christian Science was in the case of our little son, then an infant of six weeks.

I have often been encouraged by reading the testimonies in the Christian Science periodicals, and I sincerely hope that my testimony may encourage those who read it. Until a few years ago I cared nothing for religion.