Testimonies of Healing

While visiting relatives at the age of five I was enrolled in the Christian Science Sunday School for just four months. What I learned during this short time laid a strong foundation and convinced me I could not be satisfied with the teachings of any other denomination.

I was eight years old when I was healed of scarlet fever through the prayer of a Christian Science practitioner. When the doctors arrived to place our home under quarantine, they found no vestige of the disease.

When I was a girl, a dear aunt introduced me to Christian Science. She invited me to spend part of my summer vacation with her and her daughter, and every morning, right after breakfast, we read part of the Bible Lesson in the Christian Science Quarterly.

During many years Christian Science has guided, sustained, comforted, and healed me. There have been setbacks and personal failures; but as a practitioner lovingly counseled me at one point, when I was extremely discouraged and even wondering if I should give up church membership, "Divine Science is the Comforter; let it comfort you.

Before I found Christian Science, my life was influenced and directed by a concept of God as both good and evil— a God who gave peace and comfort to only a select few. I believed that man was caught in a conflict between bad and good and that even when he wanted to do right, he often failed.

For over forty years I have enjoyed the protecting, healing, and guiding power of the Christ, Truth, as revealed in Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, and my gratitude is unbounded.

I cannot measure the good derived from my study and application of Christian Science. There have been many beautiful healings and proofs of God's protective care.

Long before the turn of the century my grandmother was healed through Christian Science treatment of a condition that had been pronounced incurable by the doctors; all hope of her recovery had been abandoned. After her healing she lived an active and full life, to more than eighty years of age.

At one time I had over three dozen warts on my hands. I had been praying over a desire to have Christian Science class instruction and trusting the Father's guidance.

How grateful I am that my mother recognized Christian Science as the truth that heals when it was first presented to her. As an infant, I suffered from a nervous condition, which resulted in a severe case of eczema.