Testimonies of Healing

As one who has been brought back from "the valley of the shadow of death," through the power of Truth as revealed in Christian Science, I wish to give my testimony as an expression of gratitude to God for His "unspeakable gift," and to Mrs. Eddy for her unselfish work in behalf of mankind.

It gives me great pleasure to express my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me. In January, 1911, I fell and injured my right arm.

[Translated from the German] On Friday, Dec. 15, 1911, I was suddenly seized with a pain which so increased in severity that my husband sent for a physician, who stated that it was a serious affection of the kidneys.

I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude for the blessings and spiritual uplifting which I have received through Christian Science. I was brought up in the teachings of another church, but at about the age of twenty I became dissatisfied with religion of any kind, and suddenly turned away from God altogether.

It is with a heart full of love and gratitude that I give this testimony. In Science and Health ( p.

Christian Science has brought me so many blessings and has made my life so different, that I cannot adequately express my gratitude. When I first heard of it I was suffering from a rheumatic trouble, and had been told that it was "in my system," so that I could hardly expect to get better; but Christian Science cured me of this ailment in a week, and I have never had any return of it.

I feel that I have not been doing right in withholding a public acknowledgment of what Christian Science has done for me and mine, though I am unable to find the words to tell the half. It is over six years since I first heard of Christian Science.

My heart goes out in gratitude to God, also to our dear Leader, Mrs. Eddy, for what Christian Science has done and is doing for me and for all mankind.

I have great reason to be thankful to God for Christian Science, for to it I owe deliverance from many ills. Over six years ago I was healed of nervous exhaustion by reading "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs.

It was my good fortune in wedlock to find an elevating and rarely harmonious companionship of forty-four years' duration. A large family came to us, and there were experiences of loss and grief, but seven children were reared under the most favorable conditions and well-equipped for useful citizenship.