Testimonies of Healing

I feel it a duty to express my gratitude for the many blessings I have received through the study of Christian Science. I have been a practising physician for over thirty years, and feel exceedingly grateful for the overcoming through Truth of the belief that medicine has power to heal disease.

It was in August, 1908, that I first noticed my cousin was not in her usual state of health. Later in the same year, doctors were consulted and her case was pronounced to be a very serious one of exophthalmic goiter.

ABOUT a year and a half ago I became interested in Christian Science, and was healed through it of what is known as exophthalmic goiter. It was toward the end of the year 1908 that I consulted a doctor, but for months before deciding to do this I had felt ill and very weary.

I want to express a deep sense of gratitude for the understanding of Truth which has come to me through the study of Christian Science. I am deeply grateful for the physical healing, the proof of God's ever-presence, but there is always a keener sense of gratitude for the spiritual uplift which comes as a result of this understanding of God.

I am not a Christian Scientist for the reason that at present I do not understand the Science well enough to be one, but when a demonstration is made such as I have had, I feel that it would be wrong to keep silent. I have a very dear little granddaughter, and when she was thirteen months old she was suddenly stricken with paralysis from her waist down.

I never thought seriously of Christian Science until about two years ago, when I heard a sermon preached against it. I could not accept the views of the speaker, because I knew from the lives of some who were Christian Scientists that his statements were not true; so I decided to investigate the subject, as I was not satisfied with my religious beliefs and was in great need of physical help.

In the early part of 1907 I was taken very ill, the physician calling the disease rheumatism. The pain was intense in my right leg, and I suffered agony for about four months, when the hip showed signs of inflammation, which resulted in an operation after a consultation of doctors.

It is over three years since I sought healing in Christian Science. I had coughed more or less steadily ever since I can remember, but I did not give way to fear until one day when, without warning, I had a hemorrhage.

I desire publicly to express my sincere gratitude for the many blessings which God has sent me through Christian Science. Two years ago I was spending the summer in the mountains, and one Saturday morning I became violently ill, vomiting, and with great distress in the bowels.

We can testify with the psalmist, that "God is our refuge and strength. " We had faith in God's help in times of tribulation, but this was as far as we got.