Testimonies of Healing

My gratitude for Christian Science is beyond all words, and I cannot begin to enumerate the blessings actually seen and experienced which have come to me through my study of our Leader's works and the help of practitioners. About fifteen years ago, when a schoolgirl, I had an attack of spinal meningitis of such a serious nature that, in spite of attendance by three eminent physicians, the time came that all hope was abandoned, and but three hours of life were assured me.

About four years ago our little boy, who was then three and a half years old, was suffering with a. skin disease for which there appeared to be no relief.

Five years have gone by since I first heard of Christian Science, and when I think of all the blessings I have received, I want to give thanks for all the good that has come to me. From earliest childhood I was delicate and a constant worry to my mother.

With my heart overflowing with gratitude to God, and to our beloved Leader, Mary Baker G. Eddy, I give this testimony of healing through Christian Science.

AFTER suffering for several years from nasal polypi, which at first would come one at a time, the disease gradually became worse and would affect both nostrils, with a large growth in each, and finally three or four would grow simultaneously, nearly filling the nose. These symptoms became alarming, producing so much distention in the face and congestion of the brain that apoplectic strokes were of frequent occurrence, each one being followed by paralysis of one side of the body, including the vocal organs, and in each recurrence of these conditions I would fall to the floor, speechless and perfectly helpless.

For twenty years previous to my healing I had been a hard drinker. I made several attempts to stop drinking.

I desire to speak of some of the benefits Christian Science has brought to our home. Our attention was first directed to the subject when a practitioner was called to see my husband's sister.

I had suffered off and on for about fourteen years, but was able to keep at my work. For over a year previous to turning to Christian Science, however, I was entirely laid up, much of the time not even able to sit up.

The testimonials in our periodicals are helpful to all their readers and I also wish to tell what Christian Science has done for me. My home is in Indian Territory, and when I first came here people constantly exclaimed, "This is a fearfully malarious country," and the result was a continual fear of chills and fever.

The possibilities of Christian Science, as a curative means, were presented to me after a life-time's suffering with stomach trouble and accompanying organic ailments. From my earliest days I was subject to a severe gastric affection, which became more virulent and recurrent as I advanced in years.