Testimonies of Healing
Christian Science was first presented to my mother in 1917; and despite strong opposition within the family, she did her utmost to interest her children in its explanation of the Bible truths and the accounts therein of spiritual healing. During school years and subsequently at a university, I could not reconcile what I thought I knew of Christian Science with the apparently indisputable evidence of materialism and evil which loomed up as reality in all spheres of human existence.
On April 21, 1950, I entered a Christian Science Reading Room and purchased a King James Version of the Bible and a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy.
In 1941 I became engaged to a naval officer who had been reared in Christian Science. I felt it my duty to look into his religion before marriage, although I never intended to change from the Protestant church I attended.
Several years ago when I was quite new in the study of Christian Science, I had an experience which has given me a great deal of inspiration and help. I had decided to build on a lot that I was unable to sell, and I chose a contractor simply from an attractive advertisement of a model home that I had noticed several times in a newspaper published in a neighboring city.
Throughout our married life my husband and I have relied on Christian Science alone for healing. Our three children have had very few so-called children's diseases.
One morning in July, 1962, I could not rise from my bed. Both the lower and upper portions of my legs were stiff, and the condition was painful to the point of preventing me from getting out of my bed.
Eighteen years have elapsed since a testimony of mine appeared in the Journal. Since that time, and even before that date, I myself and members of my family have experienced numerous wonderful healings through the right application of the truth as taught in Christian Science.
When Christian Science came into my life many years ago, I was not in need of physical healing. However, existence seemed to be an enigma upon which popular theories threw no light.
It is with deep gratitude for our religion that I testify to its healing and protecting power. How very much we owe to Mrs.
Words are inadequate to express my sincere and humble gratitude to God for Christ Jesus, our Way-shower, for Mrs. Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, and for the movement of which she is Leader.