Testimonies of Healing

A few years ago several medical specialists diagnosed my condition as incurable arthritis. For me, this meant inability to work and loss of a job.

At the age of five I was troubled with pain in one of my legs. When it persisted and I began to limp, my mother sought help from a physician.

I am humbly grateful for Christian Science and for the many avenues of learning that Mary Baker Eddy, as Leader of this healing movement, provided for her fellowmen, so that we all may apprehend the spiritual laws of God. My introduction to this Science was simple—I picked up a copy of the Christian Science Sentinel at a local self-service laundry in the late 1960's.

Through the years, since my childhood healing of typhoid pneumonia, I've had many healings of physical, mental, and financial difficulties. I've enjoyed health and happiness, and a beautiful marriage to one who, like me, is a lifelong Christian Scientist.

During my sophomore year in college, I was introduced to Christian Science by my husband-to-be. I then had the privilege of attending Sunday School at a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, for eight months until I turned twenty.

After many years of illness and numerous operations, I was told by the medical authorities that because of my physical condition it would not be possible for me to undergo further surgery, so they could do nothing more. About this time my devoted husband passed on, which left me feeling quite alone.

My first healing in Christian Science was of a longstanding condition of warts on my feet and under my fingernails. This occurred in the late 1940's after I left a Christian Science lecture with an awareness that we are living the eternal life now.

"There is a woman in the eastern United States who has written a book that is supposed to heal. I sent for it.

Since I learned of Christian Science ten years ago, here in Africa, the blessings that have come to me are so numerous and rich it would take many pages to recount them. I have seen abundant proof of this promise from the Bible ( Mal.

Reared in a church-centered Protestant household, I memorized countless Bible verses and knew a good bit about Paul's travels. In my early teens I was preparing to follow several generations of my family into church membership.