Testimonies of Healing

On page 390 of Science and Health Mrs. Eddy writes: "It is our ignorance of God, the divine Principle, which produces apparent discord, and the right understanding of Him restores harmony.

Thanks to radical reliance on Truth, in the course of the last twenty years I have had several healings, including one in 1950 of staphylococcic eczema on my face, which was overcome in two weeks and has never reappeared, as well as severe stomach pains. In the family we have seen evidences of God's government in our affairs in instances of supply, of attainment in professional positions, and in the achievement of success in studies and school examinations.

On Thanksgiving morning, 1966, as my wife and I were getting ready to go to church, a representative of the United States Navy called at our home to inform us that our older son, who was stationed in Saigon, had been badly injured in an accident. According to the report, he was in critical condition, unconscious and unable to communicate with us.

The loss of our first child at birth aroused me to the fact that I needed to gain a much deeper understanding of God. For the next several months I spent most of my free time studying Science and Health by Mrs.

"Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy" ( Ps. 107:2 ).

Sixty-one years ago my mother placed her three children in a Christian Science Sunday School. Although my brother and sister did not continue in the study of Christian Science, my interest remained.

Christian Science was introduced to my mother about forty-seven years ago, but I did not become interested, except in a casual way, until ten years later. Since then my family and I have had many proofs of the healing power of Christian Science.

It appears humanly impossible to adequately express my gratitude for the many blessings that have come to me through a lifetime of Christian Science. I thank God, and our beloved Leader, Mrs.

Christian Science has truly blessed me and improved my life. In the few years I have been a student, I have experienced undeniable proofs that Christian Science is a wonderful, healing, and exact Science.

As a child I was always under the care of doctors and also stayed for a time in a sanatorium, where I was treated for tuberculosis. In 1924, while my mother was attending a clinic on my behalf, someone introduced her to Christian Science.