Testimonies of Healing
When I was a youngster I was healed of a broken ankle through Christian Science within minutes—so diagnosed by a park service nurse. My dad submitted a testimony describing this healing to our periodicals at that time.
What glorious opportunities we have as parents to prove God's protecting, healing power. Even though I attended a Christian Science Sunday School from an early age and was active in a Christian Science organization at college, I never fully appreciated what a precious gift my mother had given me through her acceptance of this religion until I became a mother myself.
How much inspiration and encouragement I have received over the years from testimonies given in branch Churches of Christ, Scientist, and from healings published in the Christian Science periodicals! I am glad to join in this song of praise to God. After returning to Switzerland about twenty-five years ago, I was unexpectedly confronted with a decision in a personal matter.
When Christian Science found me I was in a seemingly hopeless condition. I was afflicted with a severe form of arthritis, and all the material methods I had tried had failed to cure me.
I would like to bear witness to the redemptive power of Christian Science by giving this testimony. Years ago, when I was living in Austria, I witnessed a remarkable Christian Science healing.
My last testimony was published in December 1955 in the Journal . The healings mentioned have been permanent.
I am deeply grateful to God, our Father-Mother, who guides our steps. Gratitude and love, expressed and received, have truly regenerated me.
Ten years ago, as a result of friendly conversations with Christian Scientists and reading the book A Century of Christian Science Healing , my interest in this religion was roused. It is because I consider membership in the Church of Christ, Scientist, to be a blessing and privilege, that I submit the following testimony.
The knowledge that neither we nor our children nor indeed anyone can ever be outside God's protection and love has given our family great cause for thanksgiving. Once, when our daughter was three years old and we were spending the day at the seashore, she and her brother held hands and ran in and out of the waves.
When I was a small child I had an asthmatic condition, and my parents sought healing for me through Christian Science. When I wasn't readily healed, in their loving concern for me they chose instead to rely on medical means.