Testimonies of Healing

When Christian Science was introduced to me as a means of healing, I was to have a major operation in a few days. I had previously read some of the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and I had no prejudice toward this religion.

When a young boy, I used to think, "If everyone were just like Jesus, there wouldn't be any trouble anywhere. " Early in 1957 I became interested in Christian Science through my wife, who, though never excluding me from Science in her thought, always refrained from preaching or pushing this religion.

As I contemplate the blessings that have been mine through the study of Christian Science, I see what a guide and support it has been all my life through every type of human problem. When we were children and a crisis arose, my mother, a faithful student of Science, would call for the "Love Books"—the Bible, together with Science and Health by Mrs.

When I was eight my mother became interested in Christian Science through a friend who invited her to attend a Wednesday testimony meeting. I remember my mother's telling her friend of being discouraged in her present church and of her insufficient understanding of God.

All the great peace, health, and happiness that are mine I attribute to an understanding of the truth explained in the textbook by our Leader. I owe a debt of gratitude to her.

Because of the study of Christian Science, my life has been filled with blessings. Of those healings which have stood out to encourage and inspire me, I should like to mention a few.

When I was a very young girl, my father was instantaneously healed of chronic stomach trouble upon visiting a Christian Science practitioner. At the time, he knew nothing of Science; but after his healing, he started the serious study of this wonderful healing religion.

I should like to share some of the many benefits I have received through the study and application of Christian Science. For a period of over twenty-five years, I have relied for healing on the spiritual truths the Bible contains, and those found in Science and Health and the other writings of our Leader.

I have received many healings, and my heart is filled with such gratitude for God's loving care that I earnestly hope others can reach out and obtain help in Christian Science as I have done. I have found that when I seek God's help it is always—and immediately—available.

I attended a Christian Science Sunday School for a number of years but did not gain a working knowledge of Science. Consequently, after I left home to live and work in a distant city, my understanding was not sufficient to solve the problems that I encountered, and I decided that Science was not for me.