Testimonies of Healing
When my mother was a young married woman, she suffered for eight years from a stomach condition, and was like the woman in the Bible who "had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse" ( Mark 5:26 ). A friend suggested that she try Christian Science, but it was not until the doctors said there was nothing more they could do for her that she finally went with her friend to see a Christian Science practitioner.
It was in December, 1922, that at Christmas a friend gave me the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy.
Christian Science has been my only physician for thirty-one years. I submit the following experience and healing, hoping that it may encourage others to stand steadfastly for Truth.
With much gratitude I look back to the time when I first heard of Christian Science and came into contact with it. I was searching and longing for something that I could not at that time define.
I wish to express my gratitude for Christian Science and the wonderful truths revealed to us in the textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy.
Mrs. Eddy writes, "Whoever opens the way in Christian Science is a pilgrim and stranger, marking out the path for generations yet unborn" ( Science and Health , p.
When our daughter was almost two years old, we noticed she began to limp slightly. We started to do our prayerful metaphysical work, as we are taught in Christian Science, but over a period of weeks things got worse instead of better.
A few short years ago I had no knowledge whatever of Christian Science. While my wife had attended the Christian Science Sunday School as a child, the subject was never mentioned or discussed in almost eight years of marriage.
As I recall the fine healings my children and I have received through applying the truths of Christian Science, my heart overflows with gratitude to God. My mother was interested in Christian Science before I was born, and as a result of her training I have always been aware of God's love and nearness.
I was brought up in an era of great fear, and as in the case of Job, the thing that I greatly feared took possession of my consciousness. At one time a doctor had said I might develop a goiter and I did.