Testimonies of Healing

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.

I grew up in a home where both parents were devoted Christian Scientists. The many healings and demonstrations I witnessed laid a foundation in this wonderful religion, which later sustained me when I faced the greatest challenge of my life.

I want to thank God for everything I have learned in Christian Science. I especially want to give thanks for the restoration of my sight.

From my teen-age years, when I first began to practice the teachings of Christian Science, God has been my only physician. Through understanding prayer in Christian Science our family and home were protected during a devastating hurricane, and we have experienced numerous physical healings.

Over forty years ago I was given a copy of the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mrs. Eddy.

When I was a small child, doctors from a university medical school told my parents they could offer no hope of my recovery. The doctors weren't sure what the disease was but in the one similar case they knew about the child passed on.