Testimonies of Healing

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.

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.

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.

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.

Every well breath I have drawn for nearly fifteen years I owe to the healing power of the Christ-truth, as found in Christian Science. A stomach trouble, paralysis of one eye and defective vision of the other, pleurisy, susceptibility to colds, and many other ills, have been overcome by this truth.