Testimonies of Healing

When I was a young child, I was run over by a horse-drawn wagon carrying a load of bricks. A rear wheel went over the lower part of my back.

It is hardly possible here to tell of the countless healings through Christian Science I have had in almost four decades. But certainly the fact is worth mentioning that during the fourteen years I lived with my family in a tropical country we were stricken with none of the diseases considered common in that country, and we all enjoyed the best of health.

"Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise" ( Jer. 17:14 ).

In August, 1939, I arrived in New York from what was then the Free City of Danzig in the Polish Corridor. Instead of being grateful for my freedom in having left Europe just before the start of World War II, I was saddened at leaving two loved ones behind.

My first healing in Christian Science was as a child eight years old. I had yellow jaundice and was under the care of a doctor, but I was not getting well.

While my mother was on a visit to Denmark in 1933, Christian Science was presented to her and she started to study it. After coming back to Argentina and living in a place where communications were difficult, and not knowing of any other student, she discontinued her study.

Christian Science has provided me with ample proof of its healing power. In Science and Health Mrs.

"Right motives give pinions to thought, and strength and freedom to speech and action. " So writes the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, on page 454 in Science and Health.

My grandmother first presented Christian Science to my family, and over the years I have witnessed and experienced many physical healings. However, I would like to relate here something of quite a different nature.

With heartfelt gratitude to God, I wish to testify to an instance of the overcoming of the lie of lies, the belief of death. I have been a student of Christian Science for many years and have always turned to its teachings for help, and on numerous occasions I have received awakening thoughts, which have brought about healing results.