Testimonies of Healing

I have decided at last to submit a testimony for the periodical I love so much, The Herald of Christian Science . Even when I was a child, the figure of a herald in stories, as a proclaimer of glad tidings or as a messenger who alerted people, seemed ideal to me.

I have had the wonderful privilege of studying Christian Science since childhood. My mother came into Science after witnessing the healing of her sister.

I had been in a condition of invalidism for more than four years due to a disease of the spinal column called tuberculosis of the bones. I suffered much pain from this disease when I attempted to stand.

The inner joy one experiences when living the truths of Christian Science is so far beyond any human happiness that it is sometimes difficult to find words to express this sense of dominion. The greatest step forward in my spiritual progress was class instruction.

When I was a year old, my mother was bedridden and very ill with a thyroid condition. Several medical specialists gave her six months to live.

In Psalm 109, verse 30 , we read, "I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. " During the past thirty-five years Christian Science has been my only physician.

I learned of Christian Science fifteen years ago at a time of great need. I was suffering from nervous exhaustion and, in a moment of despair, ran to the neighbor next door and told her that I just couldn't go on.

"Tell it like it is" is an expression popular among young people these days and, rather oddly enough, it has been helpful to me in seeing more clearly than ever before man's relationship to God. A very close friend and I had an unfortunate disagreement, one that left me feeling downcast and disturbed.

I became interested in Christian Science after seeing its application restore harmony in a home where I was a servant. All the steps had been taken for the husband and wife to separate, except setting the date for a hearing.

Since my first testimony appeared in the Journal of May, 1961, I have had a number of other healings in Christian Science, for which I am extremely grateful. These included the successful passing of a driving test and the elimination of all fear of accidents after a twenty-year period of not driving a car.