Testimonies of Healing

"To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. " These words in Psalm 30 impelled me to write the following account of a few of the beneficial effects of the application of Christian Science in my family.

Two healings in my experience have served as landmarks. They occurred within a short period of time, and each in its own way made me realize that the study of Christian Science had started me on a way of life from which there could be no turning, unless I wished to live by guesswork, or trial and error, instead of by divine Principle.

Christian Science came into my experience at a time when I was in great need of a practical religion. I shall never forget the joy of the first healing I witnessed, which came about through my own reading of the textbook, Science and Health by Mrs.

I am deeply grateful for Christian Science and its merciful message to mankind. As a young adult I found myself in a very unhappy situation and unhealed of a displaced spinal disk after more than a year of medical treatment.

Religious questions had always especially interested me. Although I knew almost nothing about the Old and New Testaments, I was very skeptical, since I saw little practical application of Christian teachings.

When I was a boy, we moved next door to a Christian Science family. After her husband had gone to work, the wife would go out into the backyard to study the Christian Science Quarterly Lesson-Sermon from the Bible and Science and Health by Mrs.

Christian Science came to me at a time when I was extremely depressed and fearful and growing more and more embittered and resentful over discordant and very difficult relationships, prolonged illness in the home, and an increasing sense of lack. I was in despair; I no longer knew what to do.

It is some forty years since Christian Science was brought to my notice in a time of great need. I was greatly impressed by what I heard of its healing power, and very soon afterward Science and Health was brought to me by a woman who had received wonderful healing results from its teachings.

When I found Christian Science, I was filled with self-importance and self-will, thinking that my way was the only way, and even when proof was presented revealing that I was wrong, I was too stubborn to accept it, becoming quite impatient, irritated, and unforgiving to those who disagreed with me. How very much I needed the correcting rod! As I studied Christian Science, I learned how important it is to profit by the lessons learned.

I was educated in a religion that did not sustain me, and I prayed to be led to Truth. Our Father-Mother God has indeed blessed me with His answer, Christian Science.