Testimonies of Healing
As a young student of Christian Science, I have often wondered if there would ever be a real urgency for me to know the truth. One evening this urgency came about.
My first contact with Christian Science was during the First World War when we were stationed in a small country town. My wife had noticed that there was a Christian Science Society there, and she suggested that we go to a service.
Christian Science came to our family twenty years ago at a time when our need to find God was extreme. At the birth of our second son the attending physician informed us of a grave problem of improper digestion.
Christian Science first came to my notice while I was living in New Mexico, where I had been sent by physicians for tubercular trouble. Some acquaintances told me that God had sent this disease on me for some good reason.
Grand Ledge, Mich. Dear Journal:— No words can express my gratitude to God for the blessings received through Christian Science.
Where does one begin to tell of a life-time of blessings which have come as the result of studying and applying Christian Science? Christian Science has met my every need since I was a small child. Measles, mumps, and other problems were quickly healed, but the healing which took more time and consecrated prayer was that of a paralyzed hand.
It has been over ten years since my testimony appeared in our periodicals, and the proofs of God's goodness and ever-present care have continued to unfold since that time. One experience that has been a great source of inspiration Was the healing of grief at the passing of my mother.
Since beginning the study of Christian Science in 1913, I have had many healings. However, the benefit of Christian Science healing was experienced many years before, when, as an infant, I was healed of pneumonia by a Christian Scientist.
"I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten" ( Joel 2:25 ). This has been a promise and a beacon since my first healing through the prayers of a Christian Science practitioner.
From the age of nine I attended a Christian Science Sunday School and shall always be grateful to my many teachers for what I now realize was a very thorough grounding in the fundamental teachings of this Science. For some years after leaving Sunday School, I applied Christian Science in a desultory fashion when confronted with personal problems or those connected with my job.