Testimonies of Healing

Our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, was truly guided by God to include in the Manual of The Mother Church this requirement ( Art. VIII, Sect.

My first healing, which occurred many years ago, was one of chilblains of the feet. It was during the time I lived in the Midwest.

Christian Science has taught me the healing power of gratitude. I have learned that evidences of good are proof of God's ever-presence.

For many years I was troubled with a malfunctioning heart. From time to time I asked for treatment from a Christian Science practitioner and was always greatly helped immediately.

It has been many years since my testimony appeared in the Journal of June 1959. Since then I have reared a family of three children.

This is a healing within our family that showed the importance of loving your neighbor. Our neighbor shot our dog with a shotgun at close range, and he had apparently intended to kill the dog.

In 1975, the centenary year of the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, an optician told me, after long and repeated examinations, that he thought I had a very serious eye disease, which would render me blind in both eyes. Both he, and the doctor whom it was his professional duty to inform, each highly respected in the community, showed genuine concern for my future.

Years ago our daughter was healed of an infection of the inner ear. This healing caused us to rely radically on prayer for healing.

One hymn of praise to God, among many I sing, is gratitude for the Christian Science Benevolent Association. One morning a few years ago I could not seem to cope with anything.

The Christian Science Hymnal reminds us ( Hymn No. 3 ), "A grateful heart a garden is.