Testimonies of Healing

My wife had suffered for about a year from a bad eruption on the left limb, reaching from the ankle to the knee. Various remedies were applied, but they failed to bring relief.

For some time I have felt it a duty to express my gratitude for Christian Science and what it has done for me. Had it not been for Christian Science, I would not be here today to tell the good news of my healing, and I feel very thankful to God, and to our Leader, for bringing us this saving truth.

Among the many blessings received through Christian Science, I am most thankful for my recent experience of being instantaneously healed during the church service. About ten days before, I had injured my shoulder, but thinking the discomfort would soon pass away, had paid little attention to it, until I found myself, nearly a week later, unable to use the arm without severe pain, and suffering greatly if I leaned forward or tried to lie on the other side.

It is with a deep sense of gratitude that I give to the world my experience of the healing power of Truth in Christian Science. For more than ten years I suffered from stomach trouble.

THE following lines were written in the year 1897, when I was busily engaged in worldly pursuits, with no love for God or religion :— Through mists entangled Creep the moon's dull beams; Night veils its stars in clouds, Save one, which whispering seems To say : I, too, like you, alone Fly on through endless space, In wonderment intensified, God seeking face to face; Till homing nightingale Beyond my vision sings to me This heaven-born song of melody: O soul of longing, be thou free! God's thought is yours; to it be true! He gave me life to tell it you ! I classed myself at this time among the disciples of Robert Ingersoll : was addicted to the liquor and tobacco habits to excess; was exceedingly profane; stood among men a worldly sinner—and so continued. Again in the year 1900, while still in ignorance of God's everlasting presence, another momentary flash from the "lighthouse" of divine Love came to my consciousness, and took form in the lines which follow :— Eternal consequence of right, Through time unchanged ; Thou art man's deathless soul.

Before knowing about Christian Science I had been more or less of an invalid all my life, and was growing constantly more hopeless. A frail girl at the age of fifteen, I at that time had a fall which injured my back and brought on serious spinal trouble.

I came into Christian Science broken in health and with no hope of ever being any better. My case had been pronounced hopeless by physicians, who ordered a change of climate as a last resort.

I first heard of Christian Science about six years ago. I had been a sufferer from rheumatic trouble about three years, and unable to find permanent relief, when I was asked by a friend why I did not try Christian Science.

Christian Science has brought such happiness to me that I am more than glad to tell others of my experience. For a year before learning of this truth I had felt very ill— my strength seemed to be failing and I was greatly emaciated.

My heart sings a great song of praise for the many blessings which have come to me through Christian Science. For six years I was an invalid, several physicians of good repute pronouncing my case throat and lung trouble.