Testimonies of Healing
Mrs. Eddy writes on page 307 of Miscellaneous Writings: "God gives you His spiritual ideas, and in turn, they give you daily supplies.
A grateful heart a fortress is, A staunch and rugged tower, Where God's omnipotence, revealed, Girds man with mighty power. ( Christian Science Hymnal, No.
For nearly forty years I tried to find the truth by studying theology, philosophy, and metaphysics. But in 1973, while visiting a Church of Christ, Scientist, for the first time, my eyes were opened.
As my last testimony appeared in the Journal of April 1958 I feel another is due. I am grateful for continued progress in the understanding and demonstration of Christian Science.
In a previous testimony published in the Sentinel in 1934 I mentioned only healings of physical diseases, but in this testimony I want to share some other ways in which Christian Science has helped me. My first healing in Christian Science convinced me that I had found what I had long been seeking, namely, an understanding of God.
I have had many healings solely through the application of Christian Science, including those of a broken arm and a crippling condition when a small child. In later years I passed rigid physical examinations in qualifying for service in submarines during wartime.
"O Father, Thy kingdom is come upon earth, Thou rulest in all Thy creation" ( Christian Science Hymnal, No. 204 ).
My dad had no use for what he supposed Christian Science to be, and he argued endlessly with my grandfather. This grandfather had found Christian Science some years before, at a time of extremity in his own life, when he had failed to recover from the effects of a severe physical beating.
While my husband and I were vacationing, I walked up some wooden steps from our beach. Unknown to us, yellow jackets had built a nest beneath the steps, and my footsteps disturbed the nest.
Although I had had a deep trust in God since my youth, I longed for a religion that would fully satisfy me. Many years ago I received a copy of The Herald of Christian Science with the words: "This is something for you.