Testimonies of Healing

I should like to express gratitude to God for Christian Science and for the freedom that it has brought into my life. As a young boy I attended a Christian Science Sunday School occasionally, but it was not until 1950 that I really became interested in Christian Science and started going to church.

I became interested in Christian Science through another member of my family, and after about three months of earnestly reading Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, I found that I was completely healed of colitis, a condition that had troubled me for many years.

A few years ago, because of ill-health, my husband had to give up his business. He entered a Christian Science House where he subsequently received his healing.

My gratitude to God knows no bounds. Having been reared in Christian Science, I have not had any experience with another religion.

The Bible teaches that God gives us "richly all things to enjoy" ( I Tim. 6:17 ).

Materialism seemed very real to me until I found, through Christian Science, the sunlight of Truth, which dispelled the false beliefs of fear, disease, and uncertainty that had been with me since childhood. In my early years I had belonged to a Protestant church, but I had not had a clear concept of God.

In my desk is a Christian Science Quarterly with Bible Lessons for April, May, June, 1908, which was the year that I began my study of Christian Science. For over half a century this Science has been my great comfort and strength.

My mother became interested in Christian Science when I was a little girl, and f received the blessings of her knowledge and utilization of this truth. I am afraid I just used Christian Science to help me out of difficulties without any thought of becoming a sincere student.

Christian Science is leading humanity out of its mortal beliefs of inharmony, sin, disease, and death into a recognition of God's reign of complete harmony. When the first faint glimpse of this truth was made manifest in my consciousness, I was healed of the smoking habit of long standing and of the desire for alcoholic drink, which was fast becoming a serious problem.

In establishing The Christian Science Journal, the Christian Science Sentinel, and The Herald of Christian Science, our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, provided us with the opportunity to give written public testimony to the healing power of God. Because I have been helped by reading of the healings of others for many years, I should like to express my gratitude and share some of my healings.