Testimonies of Healing
When I first heard of Christian Science I was in a hopeless condition, knowing that I could not live many months longer as I was. I had tried many doctors, and had several operations, each of which left me worse off than before.
"A random thought, calling itself dyspepsia" (Science and Health, p. 175) found lodgment with me for over ten years.
About two years ago I became very much interested in Christian Science, and was healed of a nervous trouble which presented itself in both my hands and arms, and thus greatly interfered with my music. It also deterred me from doing any writing whatsoever.
I trust the experience I have to relate may be as helpful to others, as many of those given in our periodicals have been to me. About three years ago I fell on a frosty walk and caused an injury to the knee joint, which at the time seemed very slight indeed, although it became quite trouble some within three weeks, so that the help of a physician was necessary.
Like many others I sought Christian Science for relief from physical disabilities. For years I had suffered from nervousness which was attributed to my occupation, that of bookkeeping.
Last April, while getting ready to move, I became very ill. A physician was called and pronounced the trouble double pneumonia, and said that there was very little hope of recovery.
I wish to testify to what Truth has done for me. I did not become interested in Christian Science through physical healing.
I am very grateful for what Christian Science has done for me and mine. One evening last summer while my little boy was playing with his comrades on the street, he was struck by a runaway team.
Christian Science came to me in an hour of great need, when everything seemed dark, both from a spiritual and physical standpoint. In August, 1895, my husband's health began to fail, and he was obliged to give up his business.
It has long been in my thought to say a word of loving gratitude for all that Christian Science has done for me. Brought up a minister's daughter, with an orthodox creed which I outlined even more severely for myself than did my parents for me, my religion was of little practical value, for I was at the same time in a most terrible bondage to fear of sickness.