Testimonies of Healing

It is my heart's desire to speak of an experience that occurred in the recent past. Since taking up the study of Christian Science with increased devotion, I have witnessed many beautiful evidences of God's healing power in cases of sickness, manifestations of supply, and in the removal of other constraints.

One has often heard the statement, "Man's extremity is God's opportunity. " This most certainly applied in my case, for I was at the point of despair over thirty years ago, having been bereft of all earthly possessions through an extended period of unemployment.

In one of her loved hymns, Mrs. Eddy assures us ( Poems, p.

When I was about seven years old, three doctors gave my father, who was suffering from heart trouble, but a few weeks to live. A kind neighbor introduced my parents to Christian Science.

I am very grateful that I had the opportunity of attending a Christian Science Sunday School during the prescribed period. My mother impressed upon me from the time I was about twelve that I should be able to heal myself and others with my knowledge of Christian Science, and this attitude certainly helped me when she and a sister passed on two years later.

In December, 1918, I was discharged from the military service quite weak from a struggle with influenza. I went home to a small northern Idaho town, and my mother told me how she had been healed by Christian Science.

"Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold" ( Job 36:24 ). Having been helped so very much by the testimonies in the periodicals, I desire to share my experience with the hope that it will help someone.

My teacher in Christian Science recommended that we read the testimonies in our periodicals because they tell of things that have been proven. In telling my own experiences I hope to bless someone as I have been helped innumerable times.

With humility and deep gratitude I wish to share the following experience. I had worked faithfully and joyfully in a church activity, and although my term of service was ending soon, there was no one prepared or trained to step into the office.

It is now almost sixteen years since a physical healing brought my family into Christian Science. I was suffering from a disease that centered itself in my legs, making walking very painful and difficult.