Testimonies of Healing
I have had many healings through Christian Science and have given testimony to them at the Wednesday evening meetings in our branch Church of Christ, Scientist. Now I think I should tell in writing about my first two demonstrations of God's healing power, and how I happened to be introduced to this Christian system of healing through prayer.
At the annual election meeting of the branch Church of Christ, Scientist, of which I was a member my name appeared on the ballot for First Reader. During the eighteen months preceding this, I had been negotiating to become an agent and import a very promising line of new products into western Canada.
In Science and Health Mrs. Eddy, describing man's birthright, says ( p.
Mrs. Eddy says in Science and Health ( p.
There are no words to express my deep gratitude for Christian Science. At birth I was what medical authorities call a blue baby, and weighed only three pounds.
The "Testimonies of Christian Science Healing" section in The Christian Science Journal and the Christian Science Sentinel is like an unlimited fund to which all may turn in time of need. I have had help from this source so often that now I would like to add my small contribution.
More than fifty years ago my husband asked me to let him call a Christian Science practitioner after material medicine had failed to heal me of a condition of toxemia. He had witnessed his father's healing of heart trouble through Christian Science treatment several years before I met him.
On a Christmas morning during World War II, a convoy of eight ships was traveling through mountainous seas. Our ship, on her maiden voyage, was a large ten-thousand-ton freighter with a crew of seventy-seven Americans.
Several years ago, when driving from our country home to the city, I was involved in a collision on a four-lane highway. From this time on I remember nothing about the accident except what was told to me by my husband and a Christian Science practitioner.
How wonderful are the words "gratitude" and "grateful"! Christian Scientists use them sincerely and continually to express thankfulness for this practical religion. One of the requirements for membership in The Mother Church and a branch church is that the applicant be free of the use of tobacco.