Testimonies of Healing

The first proof which I had of God's healing power, gained through my study of Christian Science, was to me a remarkable one. One day I was cleaning the drain in the kitchen sink with a chemical preparation which was much stronger than the one I ordinarily used.

" Gratitude and love should abide in every heart each day of all the years" (Manual of The Mother Church by Mrs. Eddy, Art.

Prior to coming into Christian Science, I always felt inferior to others. Through sincere study of the Bible and of Science and Health, as well as Mrs.

The Psalmist sang ( Ps. 91:1 ), "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Christian Science was brought to our attention over thirty years ago in those faraway islands now called Indonesia, where a consecrated Dutch practitioner opened the spiritual door in my thought and let in a flood of light. The doctors had said to my husband that they could not do anything more for him.

Although I was suffering from tuberculosis when Christian Science was presented to me, I thought of this Science not as a healing agent, but as an understandable, practical concept of God. I had been hospitalized for about three months, and the doctors had not yet decided what treatment should be given.

The blessings that have come to me and mine as the result of sincere study and application of the truths of Christian Science cannot be counted. With the help of a consecrated practitioner, my son was quickly healed of meningitis.

I have every reason to express great gratitude for the untold riches that Christian Science has poured out to me and for the many healings I have experienced, which include those of unlovely traits of character as well as those of a physical nature. I am also grateful for holy, inspiring hours of spiritual upliftment which we can always experience anew in indescribable beauty and in multifarious forms through the study of the Bible and of the writings of Mary Baker Eddy.

I was in my early teens when Christian Science first came into my life. At that time, I was living with an aunt who was a Christian Scientist, and I was enrolled in the Sunday School, which I attended for several years.

Christian Science has been my only physician and benefactor for about forty-one years and has brought me through many severe trials. Our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, has given us this loving assurance in "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany" ( pp.