Testimonies of Healing

When he was eleven years old, our elder son was stricken with lockjaw. The disease resulted from an injury he had sustained two weeks earlier.

Since I began the study of Christian Science twenty-five years ago, the blessings that have come to me and my family are without measure. With four children to bring up, there has been ample opportunity to prove the healing power of Christian Science.

On a warm afternoon last May while coming into our house through the laundry room (which is part of the garage), I felt a sharp pain in my right foot. Looking down, I saw what appeared to be a rattlesnake, disappearing under the washing machine.

I am so deeply grateful for Christian Science that I feel I must speak out, since someone else may benefit from my experiences. About three years ago I felt I had lost everything.

There are countless reasons to express gratitude for my introduction to Christian Science many years ago. A loved sister returned home after graduating from college and told her younger brothers and sisters (one of whom was me): "I have found a religion that teaches God is Father and Mother, and we need both.

It has been seventy years since I started studying Christian Science. When I was a senior in high school, a teacher gave me a copy of the textbook, Science and Health by Mrs.

After attending my first Christian Science lecture, I was so inspired that the next day I obtained a copy of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy.

Many years ago my dad was severely burned in a barn fire. He was taken to a hospital, and there someone gave him a copy of Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy.

One day a teen-ager in my Sunday School class was troubled about a conversation she had had with a friend on the subject of Christian Science. She explained to me and the class that her friend was skeptical and had asked, "What would you do if you were really sick, and you weren't being healed?" The Sunday School student had never considered the possibility.

When our son Dick was eight years old we were living in Dallas, Texas. As scorpions are a problem there, we were always very careful.