Testimonies of Healing

The greatest day of my life was the one on which I was introduced to Christian Science. Although my parents were atheists, I had always had a great desire to know what God is.

Our first healing, nearly thirty years ago, was that of a serious illness of our baby daughter. The attending physicians could not diagnose it and were unable to help her.

During the depression of the 1930's I was suddenly confronted with the necessity of becoming the breadwinner. I had a sick husband, three young sons to educate, and a home to keep going.

I attended a Christian Science Sunday School for a short period when a young child, but I drifted from one denomination to another until I was a young girl just out of school and employed in an office. There I had a friend who had taken up the study of Christian Science and who talked to me of it.

I rejoice that Christian Science has enabled me to understand that physical ills are without foundation or reality because they have no divine or spiritual origin. Through this understanding, I have been almost completely free from any sickness for over thirty years.

In the Bible we read ( Job 22:21 ): "Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. " The study of Christian Science has satisfied my longing to gain a better understanding of God.

Although I had known of Christian Science since my childhood, having attended for a while the Christian Science Sunday School, I drifted away from it in the current of mortal mind. But eventually I learned that "man's extremity is God's opportunity.

A religious article in The Christian Science Monitor entitled "God Will Help Us" reminded me of a time several years ago when it seemed that I had more than it was humanly possible for me to do. Two older members of the family needed my attention in two different places at the same time.

I attended the Christian Science Sunday School from an early age and have known no religious teaching other than Christian Science. I have always turned to it for help, and it has met my need, whether it was for physical healing, supply, companionship, or guidance in the making of decisions.

From early youth I was active in the work of an orthodox church. At the age of twenty-five, in a school of theology, I lost my belief in God.