Testimonies of Healing

Mere words cannot express my praise to God for all the benefits I have received from being a student of Christian Science. From truths taught me at home and in a Christian Science Sunday School, I gained sure footing in the spiritual path.

From early boyhood well into adult life I suffered from chronic attacks of asthma. They began before I was a teenager, coming in the middle of the night.

The words from Galatians ( 6:7 ) "Be not deceived" were the Golden Text for the Bible Lesson titled "Matter" one Sunday. While I was studying this lesson during the previous week I decided to focus my attention on understanding how one should think—what one should lean on, realize, and obey—in order not to be deceived.

A few years ago one of our daughters committed suicide. (My dear dad had passed away the previous fall, and my loved mother just three months after that.

When I started out one year for the annual meeting of my Christian Science Students Association in England, I was aware that I had a lengthy and involved journey before me. Therefore I had armed myself against strain and impatience by vowing to follow this instruction Mrs.

We read in the Bible ( I Pet. 2:9 ), "Ye are a chosen generation.

"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" ( Matt. 11:28 ).

From where I viewed it as I drove by-several times a week on my way to our | Christian Science Reading Room, I could see that it was a lovely house. Yet the grounds were unkempt, and I wondered why.

Early in her marriage, my mother had an instantaneous healing of an eye ulcer that she was told would result in blindness. She was healed through Christian Science treatment.

The healings we read about in the Bible, especially those of Christ Jesus, who radically healed all kinds of ailments, have always inspired me. They are an absolute testament that material cause and effect are not law.