Testimonies of Healing

I cannot begin to thank God or to show my gratitude adequately for the changes in my human experience that have come through the study and application of Christian Science, which is in accordance with the teachings and example of Christ Jesus. When we realize that every Church of Christ, Scientist, every Christian Science Society, every Christian Science college organization, and every Christian Science healing has come through Mrs.

It was when I found myself in a desperate situation following nervous breakdowns and insomnia, which resulted in physical and mental suffering, and when all material means had failed that I was guided to avail myself of the wonderful healing power of God, revealed by Christian Science. The first steps cost me much effort.

When I was a child, my mother was healed through Christian Science of what the doctors called a complication of diseases. She had been in almost constant pain.

I was introduced to Christian Science through some copies of the Sentinel which a friend brought to my mother. I was then in my mid-teens, and what I read—especially the testimonies of healing—made such a lasting impression on me that, a few years after World War II, when a physician recommended that I have psychiatric help in overcoming a nervous breakdown, I turned to Christian Science for help instead.

In my youth, I was unable to go to school steadily because of physical frailty. Doctors were treating me constantly for a heart condition, tuberculosis, and stomach trouble.

I am deeply grateful that Mary Baker Eddy has taught us to understand better the lessons the Master, Christ Jesus, came to teach us. We learn through Christian Science that when spiritual understanding comes to human consciousness, it is never abstract but is always translated into our human experience, enriching it with concrete, visible evidence.

" To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth" ( John 18:37 ). These words of Jesus answer the question asked by so many people: "What is the point of living?" As a child I was deeply concerned with this question; and not until the Comforter, Christian Science, found me and explained to me the substance and purpose of my true being, did I find the answer.

Christ Jesus gave us the invitation, "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" ( Matt. 11:28 ).

" To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings" (Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, Pref.

" The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage" ( Ps. 16:6 ).