Testimonies of Healing
I have had many positive proofs that Christian Science really does work, and through it I have been healed in time of sickness and protected in time of war. When I was in my teens, I was first attracted to this religion through the example of twin sisters of my own age who were Christian Scientists.
In our home we have had many proofs of God's healing power, as well as of a sense of peace and well-being engendered by His loving protection and care. I am especially grateful for the quick healing, through the application of prayer as we are taught in Christian Science, of burns of the face and chest experienced by our younger son three summers ago.
When I was a small child, I was considered very delicate, and one illness seemed to be followed by another. Then my father was wonderfully healed by Christian Science treatment after the medical doctors had given him up; in fact, it was one of the doctors who suggested that he call a Christian Science practitioner for treatment.
My introduction to Christian Science was at a lecture on it many years ago. I had been searching for a religion applicable to everyday living ever since I was sixteen.
Even though my parents are not students of Christian Science, I had the privilege of attending a Christian Science Sunday School for a few years. It was natural therefore that I turn to Christian Science in a time of need many years later when, among other things, I became concerned about my heavy drinking.
At a time of great mental distress I opened the Bible at random and read these words: "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength" ( Isa. 40:31 ).
About sixteen years ago my family and I were planning to take a trip to visit some relatives. We decided to leave very early in the morning in order to cross a desert area before the heat of the day.
We had been invited, among others, to the home of friends for dinner after attending the Thanksgiving Day service in a Church of Christ, Scientist. While our children were playing with those of our hosts in an upstairs room, an urgent cry summoned me.
"Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me" ( Isa. 45:11 ).
The most cherished memory of my childhood is the one of my first day in the Christian Science Sunday School. Prior to this one of my treasures had been a book of children's Bible stories.