Testimonies of Healing

The month of January, 1900, found me a patient a hospital at Memephis, Tenn. , suffering from a severe case of lung trouble.

Love and gratitude have much to tell but are often speechless, not knowing how to express themselves, and thus it is that I find myself unable to say what I would; but as I think of our dear Leader's unceasing labors of love, her unflinching courage under every difficulty, her longsuffering, patience, and endurance, I can say as did Paul, "I thank my God upon every remembrance" of her. I would like to tell about my recent visit to South Africa, from whence I returned last November.

I feel so grateful for what Christian Science has done for me that I can no longer withhold my testimony, that others who suffer may be benefited also. A little over two years ago I became interested in Christian Science by attending one of the lectures given here in Providence.

I wish to express in a few words my thankfulness for all the good that I have received from Christian Science. I was sick, morally and physically, and had lost all hope of being healed, when I learned of this great truth, which has healed me in the measure that I understood it.

I wish to express my gratitude to God for my healing in Christian Science, which occurred about two years ago. I had been a sufferer from stomach, liver, and kidney troubles for eight or nine years, which had brought on most persistent and aggravating sleeplessness.

Early in 1895, after I had undergone the eighth operation, which left me a nervous wreck, Christian Science came to my attention, and I took three weeks' treatment in Kansas City. I then returned to Mexico, and not understanding how to go on in the Science alone, and with no one near to help me, we felt obliged to call in our old family physician when a seemingly dangerous condition appeared.

On the basis that gratitude seeks expression, I write a few words regarding the way in which God has guided me to a clearer view of Truth as revealed in the Bible and "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy.

I write in loving gratitude for the peace that Christian Science has brought me. I have indeed found it to be "a divine utterance,—the Comforter which leadeth into all truth" (Science and Health, p.

After passing three score and ten years, I found myself diseased, waiting for death, and believing it would open the gates of paradise for me. I suffered from stomach trouble, which had cast a dark shadow over some thirty years of my life.

In giving my testimony I must go back to the time of the Anglo-Boer war, in order that my narrative may be clearly understood. Being an old burgher of the late South African Republic, I was called upon to take a very active part in the war.