Testimonies of Healing

I submit this testimony of healing to share with others my victory over error in the hope that they will receive strength to persevere in the face of difficult problems. Off and on for a period of ten years I struggled with an unsightly and uncomfortable skin condition on my hands.

"Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy" ( Ps. 107:2 ).

Christian Science has been a beacon all my life and the only religion I have known. In retrospect I can see its protective influence.

"Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits" ( Ps. 103:2 ).

I consider having been raised in Christian Science a precious legacy from my mother. It proved to be a firm basis for much-needed spiritual development, enabling me to overcome difficulties in the ensuing years.

I am unspeakably grateful to my dear mother who was the first of our family to become a student of Christian Science. At the time, I was in my teens and an active member of a church of my own choice, although I had begun to wonder if this was all that was required to "enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Christian Science came early into my life. As a young boy I suffered acutely from a form of eczema that did not respond to a long course of medical treatment.

Christian Science came into my life forty-five years ago. I had been brought up in an orthodox religion, but in my mid-teens I became dissatisfied with its teachings.

As a child I had an instantaneous healing of a crushed thumb by understanding and singing Mrs. Eddy's hymn, "Shepherd, show me how to go" ( Christian Science Hymnal, No.

I am writing this testimony in sincere gratitude for the happiness and well-being Christian Science has brought me through the earnest application of its truths. Over the past thirty years I have used these truths from the Bible, and from Science and Health by Mrs.