Testimonies of Healing

It is with much gratitude that I testify to the healing power of Christian Science. I was healed of hay fever, which I had been told was incurable and from which I had suffered since I was five years old.

Over thirty years ago a friend presented Christian Science to me; she saw that I had need of a healing method other than that which the medical profession had been able to give me all my life; she advised me to try this religion with its healing power. I was a resident of Boston, Massachusetts, at that time, and my first attendance at a Christian Science service was in The Mother Church.

Shortly before graduating from high school, I was introduced to Christian Science by two friends. One asked me to accompany her to Sunday School.

Some years ago I had an experience that illustrated to me the physical effects of fearful, material thinking and the healing power of an understanding of Truth, correcting and destroying both the erroneous thinking and the physical consequences. I became alarmed over a physical condition which was manifesting itself on my body.

I shall always be grateful to the friend who introduced me to Christian Science. At a time when I had reached a particularly low point in my human experience, I remembered that this friend's life had been remarkably changed for the better since she had begun the study of Science and Health by Mrs.

My experience in Christian Science began when I received a wonderful healing some ten years ago. I can mention a long list of deliverances from bondage which I have experienced in the years since then, and as the result of these healings I have gained a brand new viewpoint on how to work out my own problems.

Since early youth, I had analyzed religion and enjoyed each conclusion which glorified God. In 1925 I was in a hospital, and the physicians in attendance told me that I would never be able to practice my profession again.

A testimony of mine appeared in the Journal in 1953, and it is a joy to bear witness to the many beautiful proofs of God's love and care which I have experienced since that time. Probably the greatest single blessing has been the fruitful step of class instruction.

Late in the winter of her freshman year at college our daughter called long distance to say that she had been suffering from a sore throat and that she wished we would call a practitioner for her. We did so, gratefully acknowledging Love's ever-presence and Mind's guidance.

Over fifty years ago my parents became interested in Christian Science. My mother was quickly healed of a sciatic condition of the spine which had kept her in bed much of the time and which medical means had failed to help.