Testimonies of Healing

For some time I have felt called to send my testimony to the Field, thinking to benefit some who are struggling in the dark, as was I. It is now seven years since I turned to this glorious truth for its healing power.

Truly "the heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. " Just as no one can measure the extent of another's suffering, so it is impossible to give an adequate idea of the happiness of release from it.

Through the help of Christian Science I have been healed of what is popularly termed an incurable disease. No preconceived favorable impression of Christian Science prompted me to seek this relief or aided me in adjusting my thought to its radical claims; on the contrary I was prejudiced against what I thought it was, to a degree of which I now have ample reason to be ashamed.

With joy and thankgiving I would express my gratitude for the truth revealed in Christian Science. When despondent because of physical illness, and yearning for some satisfying explanation of the Bible, I turned to this truth, to be rewarded within a short time by the proof that the Bible is demonstrably true, that there is a God who is Love, and has power to heal.

Four years ago I was confined to my home, having been obliged to give up work entirely, as I was suffering from lung trouble in an advanced stage. By the advice of my physician I consulted a noted specialist in Boston, who at the time was head of the examination board of a sanitarium for such cases as mine.

It is always interesting to hear how and why different people are brought into a knowledge of Christian Science, and it is with this thought, as well as a feeling of gratitude for blessings received, that I avail myself of the privilege to tell the readers of the Journal why I became a student of this inspiring truth. Six years ago I left Plymouth, England, where I had long been an active worker in an orthodox church—from a teacher in the Sunday School to a local preacher, as well as a Christian Endeavor worker, and also in many other phases of the church work.

Having received many blessings through Christian Science in the last twenty years, I consider it a duty to send my testimony to the Field. Prior to my coming to Christian Science I was a medical nurse, and while acting in that capacity I was the victim of an injury caused by over-lifting, from which I suffered for more than a year and a half.

Trusting that an acknowledgment of the blessings I have received through Christian Science will assist others in their search for Truth, I give my testimony respecting an attack of fever experienced a few months ago, and my recovery therefrom. The symptoms of a very pronounced case appeared.

With love and gratitude for our Leader and our Cause, I wish to tell of some good work that has been accomplished for us in Christian Science. My husband was afflicted with a severe nervous trouble, accompanied by great pain and vomiting.

I am deeply thankful to God for the message of Love and Truth that has been revealed to us in Christian Science, which was brought to my notice a little over two years ago. At that date I had met with financial reverses and was in a mental condition bordering on insanity or suicide.