Testimonies of Healing

Because the testimonies of others in the Journal and Sentinel have so often helped me, I feel that perhaps it is my duty publicly to express my gratitude to the great Giver of all good, for the gift of Christian Science to the world through Mrs. Eddy.

I am glad that I have an opportunity to express my gratitude for the many healings that have been wrought in my family since I took up the study of Christian Science. During the winter of 1911-12 my husband became very ill, and according to the symptoms, materiel medica would have called it a severe illness.

I send this testimony as a small expression of my gratitude for the help I have received from the testimonies and articles in the Journal and Sentinel , also for the daily benefit derived from studying the Lesson-Sermons and from reading the works of our Leader, Mrs. Eddy.

I am deeply thankful to God for all His goodness to me. I am also very grateful for the knowledge of Christian Science and for all the blessings that have come to me through it.

About fourteen years ago the stomach trouble with attendant nervous breakdown, from which I suffered, was pronounced incurable by prominent physicians. After being sent to my home in Indiana, Christian Science treatment was taken up.

Since taking up the study of Christian Science about three years ago, I have had many very beautiful experiences, and these were to me proofs that unswerving obedience to the divine instructions of our great Wayshower, Christ Jesus, does bring forth the fruits of obedience. I wish to give the following unusual experience, in the hope that it may be of help to others.

Referring to the foregoing experience of my daughter, I desire to state that I was at home, but was not awakened until the man was about to take his departure from the house. I pulled on the electric light and saw him face to face, when he disappeared quickly.

In March, 1910, I called a Christian Science practitioner to my home to give me treatment for varicose veins. These enlarged veins began to show first about forty-five years ago, and seemed gradually to become worse as I grew older.

WHEN I first heard of Christian Science, I was undergoing an operation in a hospital here. I paid very little attention to what was being said on the subject, as I had no idea what Christian Science was, and classed it with the many different creeds that spring up from time to time.

I write this testimony with the hope that it may bring to some one the same peace and comfort I have experienced through this saving truth. About five years ago I was taken from my home to the hospital and placed on the operating table.