Testimonies of Healing

The first thing that impressed me about Christian Science was its consistency. Although I was only seventeen when I first learned of it, I had given a great deal of thought to God, to life, and to the nature of things.

It has been said that "man's extremity is God's opportunity. " Over six years ago when I was suffering from abdominal, back, and leg trouble I was at a point of extremity.

Many are the blessings which have come to me through the study and sincere application of Christian Science. Among them are membership in The Mother Church and in a branch church, with the privilege of serving the latter in a number of capacities.

That Christian Science has been available to me since I was a small child is, to me, cause for much gratitude. I am also grateful for an increasing awareness of the need to keep my consciousness filled with Truth and Love so that God's omnipotence and goodness may be constantly demonstrated.

In the year 1901 my mother was introduced to Christian Science, and she readily accepted its teachings because they gave her a satisfying explanation of God as demonstrated by Christ Jesus. Devoted study of the Bible and of Science and Health by Mrs.

I grew up in a home where Christian Science was studied and practiced, and my husband and I have had the joy of seeing our children reared in such a home. They learned from early infancy to love Truth and to depend on Christian Science to meet their needs.

Soon after becoming a serious student of Christian Science, I came upon this statement on page 406 of Science and Health by our Leader: "The depraved appetite for alcoholic drinks, tobacco, tea, coffee, opium, is destroyed only by Mind's mastery of the body. This normal control is gained through divine strength and understanding.

I have had many healings through the application of the truth as taught in Christian Science; some have come with the help of practitioners, and others as a result of my own understanding that God's spiritual laws are present and instantly available to heal and bless. One time while traveling by automobile in an unfamiliar place, we were overtaken by a severe storm.

I first became interested in Christian Science as a result of seeing the happy faces of the many people coming out of a branch Church of Christ, Scientist, after the Wednesday evening testimony meetings. When I went to work in the head office of the firm which had employed me in my home city, I learned that one of my coworkers was a student of Christian Science.

At a time of extreme strain and stress in my experience a friend gave me a copy of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy.