Testimonies of Healing

At the age of two I was enrolled in a Christian Science Sunday School and attended regularly for over fifteen years. In my teens, however, I rebelled against the disciplines of Christian Science and against the restrictions I felt it imposed upon me.

As I was brought up in a home where the practice of Christian Science was the way of Life, and we have raised our two children through the application of this same inspired truth, I have often wondered how parents get along without the support and protection this precious religion provides. When our first child was born in 1947, I was not able to find suitable nourishment to satisfy him.

I am deeply grateful that my mother enrolled my two sisters and me in a Christian Science Sunday School when we were very young, for it was here that the Bible, and Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, became my most precious friends.

Five days before I was to have Christian Science class instruction, I drove my motorcycle into a road divider. Upon collision I was thrown clear of the motorcycle.

My first contact with Christian Science came when I was seventeen. I found Science and Health by Mrs.

"The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword" ( Heb. 4:12 ).

My mother was introduced to Christian Science when I was about seven years old. She had barely heard of it, but for some time had been silently rebelling against the concept of a vengeful, corporeal God, which she had been taught to believe in; and so she welcomed and accepted gratefully the Christian Science idea of God as a loving Father-Mother, who is Spirit, wholly good.

How gentle God's commands, How kind His precepts are; Come, cast your burdens on the Lord, And trust His constant care. ( Christian Science Hymnal, No.

Over twelve years ago I was told by a doctor that I would be a semi-invalid the rest of my life because of a spinal ailment. On leaving the doctor's office my husband said to me, "I know of only one thing left to try.

For many months I had prayed daily that God would reveal Himself to me. I felt my understanding of God was very limited, although I had attended Sunday School and later became a member of an orthodox church.