Testimonies of Healing

During the summer, a few years ago, a disturbing condition appeared on my hands. I dealt with it according to what I had been taught in Christian Science but not, I'm sorry to say, with my whole heart.

I am grateful for Christian Science, which I feel has benefited my life in many ways. Many times I have received treatment through prayer from a Christian Science practitioner.

My first contact with Christian Science came through a sister, who had been told by a physician that she would never be well unless she underwent an operation for an internal injury, which had made her a semi-invalid for several years. This sister had attended a Christian Science Sunday School one Sunday with a friend, who was aware of her need.

Mary Baker Eddy tells us on page 243 in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures : "The divine Love, which made harmless the poisonous viper, which delivered men from the boiling oil, from the fiery furnace, from the jaws of the lion, can heal the sick in every age and triumph over sin and death. " For more than a quarter of a century as a student of Christian Science I have been experiencing the truth of the above passage.

One proof of God's protection stands out among the rest in my grateful memory. I was on my way home from church after the morning service, when I felt something drop on my head.

For the first time I am living alone, and I am enjoying this grand opportunity to study the textbooks, the Bible and Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, and to pray frequently as we are taught to do as students of Christian Science.

"Thou crownest the year with thy goodness" ( Ps. 65:11 ).

A healing which took place approximately nine years ago was an experience that taught me more about God and man than I had ever known before, and I consider the lessons learned from it to be of inestimable value. Approximately three years prior to this time I noticed a lump appearing at the base of my throat and on one side.

Since I wrote my first testimony, which was published in the Journal in 1956, my family has continued to receive daily benefits, inspiration, supply, direction, and a higher sense of purpose from the regular study of Christian Science and my active participation in church work. The continuation of class instruction through the association meetings these past eleven years has been my rod and staff, truly supporting me through many a valley.

Only someone who has known the misery of being an alcoholic can understand the hopelessness I faced before Christian Science healed me, and how much Christian Science means to me following my complete healing of this degrading appetite. I had volunteered and was already in the Army overseas before Pearl Harbor.