Testimonies of Healing

In referring to "Lessons in the Sunday School," Mrs. Eddy states (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p.

I first studied Christian Science simply from an impersonal, intellectual point of view. I was interested in comparative religions, but had been brought up from childhood to have a great love and reverence for Christ Jesus and his wonderful teachings.

From early childhood I have had a deep love for God. I often used to listen for that voice within to tell me what to do, but I did not know how to really depend on it.

When Christian Science came to me I was suffering from recurrence of a tubercular condition, for which I had spent almost three years in a sanatorium several years earlier. At the time of this recurrence I was a very unhappy person, and I felt my mental disturbances had caused the return of the trouble.

Christian Science was presented to me about twelve years ago. It was in September, and a relative told me about the physical, mental, and moral benefits obtained through the study of this Science.

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.