Testimonies of Healing

About fifteen years ago I had a severe attack of cold on my lungs, with lame back, and stiff neck. I was unable to take a long breath on account of the pain, and had sharp, painful thrusts take me in the back, neck, and lungs, accompanied with fever, chills, etc.

Many of us seem to draw our encouragement and inspiration to better things largely from the experience and achievements of others. I desire gratefully to acknowledge the good I have received from, the articles contributed to the Christian Science Journal and Sentinel , and it has occurred to me that I should try to give something in return.

Over two years ago I turned to Christian Science because everything else had failed to help me. I was suffering from throat and lung trouble.

It is just three years since I first heard of Christian Science. All my life I had been very delicate, and had had several severe illnesses.

It is with grateful love and appreciation for the work of our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, in making plain to this age the Christ-healing, that I send this testimony.

For eight long, weary years I was a great sufferer from female weakness with all its accompanying train of ills. Part of the time I was bedfast; for six months I never sat up at all, and could not do any work when at my best.

When Christian Science first came to my notice I was an atheist in all the word implies, believing this mortal existence to be all and death the end of all things for me, but Truth came, and in its light the dark shadow of atheism in all its hideousness disappeared never again to return, for I am being led upward and onward on my journey, out of darkness into Truth's eternal dawn, from sense to Soul. Since coming into the light of Christian Science there have been many beautiful demonstrations of the power of Truth over error.

We have not the privilege of attending a Christian Science church, as we live about twenty-five miles from the nearest one, but every Sunday my husband and I go through with the service, besides reading a portion of the Lesson-Sermon every morning. I was led to investigate Christian Science, about four years ago, by being loaned some copies of the Journal and Sentinel , and so far as my limited sphere will permit, I now try to circulate my copies, hoping some one may be led by them to the truth, as I was.

Thirteen years ago I was healed by Christian Science. I had been an invalid for three years previous to this time.

I think it is three or four years since I first heard Christian Science mentioned. It was being discussed in a drawing-room, and some one turned to me and said, laughing, "Did you ever hear such nonsense in your life?" I am always glad now when I remember my reply, which was, "It may be nonsense, but think what it means to the people who believe it.