Testimonies of Healing
Two years ago I was asked to accompany two friends on a conducted tour to the Hawaiian Islands. One morning we walked along the shore at Maui.
As one raised in Christian Science, I have learned to expect healing and joy as a way of life. One healing that stands out to me occurred when our youngest child, then three years old, had whooping cough.
My deepest gratitude is extended to my husband and to those dear childhood friends who showed me Christian Science, a religion so usable in our everyday affairs. When I was a senior in college and first learning to apply Christian Science, I found myself in a course entitled "Mass Communications.
I wish to testify to the healing power of prayer to God. In my boyhood and early manhood I had great faith in God and in the power of prayer to heal the sick.
I thank my parents for putting me into a Christian Science Sunday School infant class. And when I was twelve, they encouraged me to join The Mother Church.
During the many years I have known of Christian Science, I have never ceased to be grateful for having found it. In this Science, through my study of it, the word religion has taken on for me a truly spiritual meaning and also a practical one.
Many years ago I was introduced to Christian Science by a friend, and ever since that time it has been to me the most wonderful source of comfort, healing, and spiritual development. I can never express enough gratitude for the many healings of all kinds that I and others whom I have been able to help have experienced through this amazing Science found in the writings of Mrs.
I have known Christian Science for several years. It has put a spiritual beauty into my daily life and helped me surmount my petty problems.
In the Preface to Science and Health Mrs. Eddy, its author, makes this observation about Christian Science (pp.
One of the things I am most grateful for is the healing of the tea and coffee drinking habit. Several years ago I visited the Christian Science Benevolent Association at San Francisco.