Testimonies of Healing
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.
For many years our family struggled hopelessly with various physical problems. The inconsistencies we encountered in medical theories had shaken our faith in medicine, but we had nothing to take its place; so it continued to govern much of our lives.
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.
Many years ago Christian Science was offered to me in a time of extreme need. I started reading the textbook, Science and Health by Mrs.
I learned of Christian Science while I was in college, although I did not take up its study at first. During the spring term of my junior year, I developed stomach pains.
[Original in German] I had my first healing in Christian Science more than fifty years ago. Through the prayer of a practitioner, within a few days I was completely healed of an ugly skin disease that had not yielded to medical treatment.
While I was studying in England I was instantaneously healed of a bad cold and a painful wrist by the prayer of a Christian Scientist. I bought a copy of science and Health by Mrs.