Testimonies of Healing

While I was in my teens, my father passed on a few days after an accident. After this, I was terrified of being alone, even in the daytime.

What is your handicap? A golfing friend asked me this question recently, and it brought me to reflect and realize how grateful I am for Christian Science, and for the great opportunity that arises when we must work out a physical problem through prayerful reliance upon God. Six years ago I had an unforgettable experience that I was able to resolve through my understanding and demonstration of the truth as taught in Christian Science.

I attended Christian Science Sunday School in England from the age of three, and was many times healed of diseases commonly attributed to childhood, of sprained ankles and other troubles. When I was eighteen, I joined The Mother Church, shortly before enlisting in the service during World War II.

"Citizens of the world, accept the 'glorious liberty of the children of God,' and be free! This is your divine right" ( Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, p.

While I was in high school, I was invited by one of the teachers to attend a Sunday School class in a Christian Science church. I had been searching for several years for a logical explanation of the meaning of life and the events recorded in the Bible.

In 1967, when I was working among very young children in a nursery, I noticed that I was gradually losing use of my arms. By the end of the week I had to stop work.

In mid-1972, I left my job of fourteen years because it seemed to me progressive to take another. The time between this event and the wonderful resolution of my employment situation was over a year, but it proved to me in a way I shall never forget that "a man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men," as is stated in Proverbs ( 18:16 ).

From what I have proved of Christian Science, I am sure it is possible for anyone to "be born again" ( John 3:7 ), regardless of age, race, or present physical and moral conditions. At the age of seventy-two, in desperation I started to study the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health by Mrs.

Mary Baker Eddy writes in the textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures ( p. vii ): "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings.

My first experience with Christian Science was when, as a child of nine, I boarded in the home of Christian Scientists. I spent almost two years with them and grew fond of the youngest daughter in the family.