Testimonies of Healing

Because I owe so very much to God, the Giver of all good, to Christ Jesus, our Exemplar, and to Mrs. Eddy, our Leader, I wish to express my profound gratitude for the abundant good that has come to me since I became a student of Christian Science.

My parents endeavored to teach me as a child to turn to God for my help. No means other than the truths of Christian Science were considered for the preservation of health or the guidance of character in our home.

Mrs. Eddy , our loved and revered Leader, in speaking of Christian Science, says to us in "Miscellaneous Writings" ( p.

It is with great joy that I express my thanks for Christian Science, revealed to us by our dear Leader, for through her writings she has taught me how to think spiritually. Before I had commenced the study of Christian Science, a sister very dear to me had passed on.

When quite a young woman, I sojourned with a farm family on the prairie of a northern state. Winter temperatures had dropped many degrees below zero.

I first heard of Christian Science the year I entered college. A copy of Science and Health by the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, Mrs.

On more than one occasion I had wondered if I would have the courage to solve a problem with Christian Science if faced with an emergency. When injured in an automobile accident about two years ago, I found that it was the most natural thing for me to declare to the hospital authorities where I was taken that I was a Christian Scientist and wished to be released from hospital and that I would rely on Christian Science treatment for my healing.

I wish to relate a healing of jealousy and a bad disposition that came about through the consecrated, prayerful work of a Christian Science practitioner. As a result of this work, I learned many important lessons in obedience.

I was introduced to Christian Science through the healing of my mother. While visiting relatives, I received a message that she had been taken to the hospital after being stricken with great pain.

It has been said that a person becomes a student of Christian Science because he is either seeking a physical healing or desires to learn more of God. I was led to take up the study of this practical religion because of the first reason—the need of healing.