Testimonies of Healing
"Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself" ( Matt. 22:39 ).
About four years ago I was a companion to an elderly woman. One morning, during a period of remodeling her home, I tripped on the corner of a rug that had been stored in my room and landed full force on my face.
When I was nine years old my father learned of Christian Science, and he soon became very interested in it. For about three years after that my parents went to church services and my brothers and I attended the Sunday School of a Christian Science Society in a nearby town.
As I sat in my branch Church of Christ, Scientist, during the Thanksgiving Day service in 1985, I prayed in these words from Pulpit and Press by Mrs. Eddy ( p.
In 1976, when I became acquainted with Christian Science, I was working in a hospital, in which I had direct and practically constant dealings with patients. As I began studying the weekly Bible Lessons found in the Christian Science Quarterly , I started to feel uncomfortable in my job.
About five or six years ago a healing in my life brought me much gratitude. At a construction site, where we were building town houses, I drove my pickup onto a ramp and proceeded to load the truck with various items.
Divine Love surely led our family to Christian Science. One Sunday in the early 1960s a daughter suggested that we attend the Church of Christ, Scientist, across the street.
Christian Science came into my life more than thirty years ago, while I was living and working in Geneva, Switzerland. A copy of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy was put into my hands by the husband of a colleague.
In ancient times, pearls were considered among the most precious of gems, something of extraordinary value. In the Bible, Christ Jesus speaks of the "pearl of great price," the kingdom of heaven, and of the merchant man who sold all that he had to buy it (see Matt.
Two years ago, when my family and I were taking a motor trip I collapsed and lost consciousness while I was waiting to pay the check in a restaurant. When I regained consciousness I struggled to get up only to discover a stranger was holding me.