Testimonies of Healing
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.
I was married and had a family when I first heard of Christian Science from an old school friend. At that time I was experiencing frustration with life in general as a result of a sense of my own inadequacy, world injustices, and my failure to find satisfaction.
Whenever I read the account of Jesus healing the epileptic boy (see Mark 9: 17-29), two significant lessons stand out to me. First, when his disciples asked Jesus why they failed in their attempts to heal the boy, Jesus answered ( Mark 9:29 ), "This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
It was nearly fifty years ago that I heard of Christian Science for the first time. At the time of the First World War, I had suffered heavy blows and experienced a deep disappointment, which robbed me of my joy and vital energy.
"The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God,—a spiritual understanding of Him, an unselfed love. " When I read these words on page 1 of Science and Health by Mrs.
This testimony is written in gratitude for Mary Baker Eddy's great love for mankind as shown in her wisdom and foresight in establishing the Church of Christ, Scientist, and its many activities. I was a very frustrated sixteen-year-old girl without any hope of leading a normal life, including school attendance, marriage and children, or a career.
Our family has had many proofs of the healing power of Christian Science. The children have been spared having many so-called children's diseases.