Testimonies of Healing
My daughter was nine years old when our family spent some vacation days in a tent by Lake Constance. Because of poor weather, we soon returned home.
Although I was brought up in Christian Science and saw its healing efficacy proved repeatedly, I stubbornly clung to the smoking habit. When my desire for spiritual progress became urgent enough for me to seek church membership, I decided that in addition to daily studying the Lesson Sermon in the Christian Science Quarterly I would also read several pages of the textbook, Science and Health by Mrs.
Gratitude has continued to grow in my heart for all that Christian Science has done for me and my family over the years. My first healing in Christian Science came after the aunt with whom I was living gave me a copy of the textbook, Science and Health by Mrs.
Although I had attended Christian Science Sunday School as a child, I drifted away from its teachings after marriage. Many years of physical suffering, which resulted from cesarean operations at the births of my two daughters, brought me back to this wonderful religion.
It is with great joy that I wish to testify to the blessings that my family and I have received through the teachings of Christian Science. We were living in a small city in the interior where work was scarce and life was very difficult.
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven" ( Matt. 5:16 ).
"He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death" ( Ps. 68:20 ).
As a child I felt very secure in a home where Christian Science was studied and practiced daily. Physical inharmonies were quickly healed through the prayers of my parents or with the help of a Christian Science practitioner.
Mrs. Eddy admonishes us in the textbook, Science and Health ( p.
I began to study Christian Science as a young mother, and was greatly encouraged by the healings that resulted. We lived in a small town where there were no Christian Scientists.