Testimonies of Healing

The Scripture "before they call, I will answer" ( Isa. 65:24 ) was most beautifully proved true to me four years ago while I was living on an island in the Bahamas.

When I awoke one morning, I found I had a small blemish on one cheek. Thinking I had probably scraped myself while shaving, I paid no attention to it.

[Original in French] After Christian Science was presented to us for the first time, I devoted myself to understanding the biblical account of creation in the first chapter of Genesis, and I understood that man is not conceived materially but created by Spirit, perfect God. We had a ten-year-old child, and had always wanted another child.

Over sixteen years ago I underwent medical treatment for an illness, which was followed by a long period of suffering. I was given narcotics, which did little to lessen the pain, and I feared addiction.

My gratitude for Christian Science knows no bounds. Were it not for this beautiful religion, my life would have been far different.

Christian Science was presented to me about fifty years ago. I was visiting relatives who had just begun its study, when my first child became ill with a high fever.

[Original in German] In Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures Mary Baker Eddy writes concerning divine Science ( p. 558 ): "When you look it fairly in the face, you can heal by its means, and it has for you a light above the sun, for God 'is the light thereof.

"What a glorious inheritance is given to us through the understanding of omnipresent Love!" ( Miscellaneous Writings by Mrs. Eddy, p.

When Christ Jesus healed the ten lepers, one of them turned back to give him thanks and "with a loud voice glorified God," as we read in the Gospel of St. Luke ( 17:15 ).

I attended the Christian Science Sunday School whenever possible from the age of six and endeavored to live what I had been taught. Very early I found myself without a home or financial support.