Testimonies of Healing

For the multitude of blessings that have resulted from the study of Christian Science over many years, I wish to give thanks. Colds, congestions, fevers, rheumatic aches and pains, torn ligaments in the knee, a malignant growth, nervous exhaustion, and many other discordant conditions have yielded to the touch of divine Love and to an increasing understanding of the spiritual truths set forth in the Bible.

We read in Psalms ( 62:11 ), "God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God. " When I read for the first time the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy, the passage quoted above became clear to me.

In Luke's Gospel ( 19:37 ) it is recorded that the multitude who followed Christ Jesus rejoiced and praised "God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen. " When some of the Pharisees called on the Master to rebuke the multitude, he said (verse 40) , "I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.

In Turning to Christian Science, I sought the Comforter which Christ Jesus promised. I was not seeking a physical healing, but as a result of my study, I was healed of a nervous breakdown.

The teachings of Christian Science have blessed me in all avenues of life since I started its study several years ago. My first healings have been staffs on which to lean.

I began to read "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy with the desire to help our son, who was in ill-health. I was reading the chapter on Christian Science Practice, and when I got to the allegorical trial, I became so absorbed in it that I forgot all about time and read into the early hours of the morning.

I want to share with those who seem to be dwelling in the valley of despair an account of the joy, health, and freedom which have come to me through the study of Christian Science. Prior to my study of this Science, I was always sickly, and I suffered from great fear, which made it impossible for me to be at peace with myself or with anybody around me.

I have been so blessed and encouraged through reading testimonies of Christian Science healing in our periodicals that I feel I should share with others some of the healings I have experienced in the past five years since taking up the study of this Science. My healings include those of constipation, arthritis so severe I had not slept lying down for eighteen months, diabetes, ptomaine poisoning, overweight, and many others.

At this time I should like to express my gratitude to God for the Holy Bible and for Christ Jesus, the Way-shower, of whom God said ( Matt. 3:17 ), "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

In "The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany," Mrs. Eddy says ( p.