Testimonies of Healing

I have loved Christian Science since I was a child, and I remember how natural it was for our family to turn to God for help in time of trouble. My grandmother was healed of Bright's disease, my young sister was healed of infantile paralysis, and I was healed of diphtheria.

At the age of eighteen years, after leading a very active and healthy life, I became ill and had to consult a doctor, who immediately sent me home to bed. The following week I was rushed to hospital with double pneumonia and pleurisy.

During my school years, I was a very poor student. At the same time I was considered a roughneck in a rather rough neighborhood.

" Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?" ( Ps. 139:7.

As a youngster I enjoyed attending a Christian Science Sunday School. My dear grandmother was responsible for my introduction to Science at an early age, and I shall always love and admire her for standing alone for what she believed was right, sometimes in the midst of great opposition.

When my brother and I were young children, my mother, who had been suffering greatly from lumbago, was told by physicians that there was no permanent cure for it. At this point a neighbor gave her a copy of the Christian Science textbook by Mrs.

My first healing in Christian Science was that of a chronic bowel disorder which had troubled me since childhood. I had had an operation for another condition and the bowel difficulty; but the latter returned within a year after the operation, and I was in constant pain.

I have had many healings in Christian Science, but the ones I recall most vividly are those which came to me when I first began studying its teachings. Each experience taught new lessons.

I became interested in Christian Science about forty years ago. During the years since then I have been blessed and healed many times.

Since I first became an earnest student of Christian Science years ago, many problems have been harmoniously worked out. Employment was found during the years of economic depression when the passing on of my husband necessitated my assuming the financial support of my two sons; and I have demonstrated, as Mrs.