Testimonies of Healing

I thank God that I too can be called a Christian Scientist. Although but an infant in this study, I have much for which to be grateful.

Christian Science was first brought to my attention through the healing of my wife, though I gave little thought to it at the time In the fall of 1906 I was told by my physician that I had a complication of diseases and that it was necessary for me to try a change of climate, and as it seemed the only thing left, I started for California. On my way, however, I stopped in South Bend, Ind.

NOT long ago I read in the Monitor these words from Seneca: "He who has conferred a kindness should be silent; he who has received one should speak of it. " Surely, then, I must speak of the "kindness" I have received, — of restoration from invalidism to perfect health.

It is with the deepest gratitude that I testify to the blessings I have received in Christian Science. I have never had very robust health, and for the last six or seven years I had suffered from general nervous debility and lack of strength in my arms, also digestive trouble and headaches of the most obstinate kind, besides various minor ailments.

I feel that the time is ripe for me to acknowledge the blessings which Christian Science brought into my life at a time when nothing seemed worth while because of continued ill health. Fourteen years ago I suffered a severe nervous breakdown, from which I rallied very slowly and imperfectly.

I was healed by Christian Science after being confined to the bed for nearly three months and practically unable to use my right leg. The doctors said that unless I underwent an operation it would be necessary to have the leg amputated or else have a stiff knee.

I am glad to tell something of what Christian Science has done for me, and hope it will help some who may be in the same bondage in which I was. From girlhood I had suffered from a bowel disorder, and for fifteen years had always resorted to material means for temporary relief.

For five years I suffered with chronic stomach and bowel trouble, which became so severe that for two and a half years I could hardly retain any food. The bowel disorder was also severe, and weakened me so much that it seemed as if I had but a short time to live, the physicians having declared my trouble to be incurable.

Christian Science has brought so many blessings into my life that I can no longer refrain from expressing my gratitude. I did not come to it through the physical healing, but this glorious truth has done far more; it has healed me of infidelity and has given me a practical concept of God which I can understand, and prove Him to be an everpresent help in time of trouble.

I Owe a debt of gratitude to Christian Science for the many blessings which it has brought me. Some ten years ago I turned to Christian Science and was healed of a severe chronic ailment, after I had consulted various physicians without receiving relief.