Testimonies of Healing
In the Bible we read ( Isa. 30:21 ), "Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
This testimony is lovingly submitted with the fervent hope that it may benefit readers in the same measure that I have been benefited by reading many testimonies in our periodicals. My parents were introduced to Christian Science by a beloved aunt and an uncle of my father, who were devout students of this Science.
Over twenty-three years ago my testimony appeared in the Christian Science Sentinel, and since then many healings have taken place for which I am deeply grateful. One Christmas shortly after I took up the study of this Science, I went to my parents' home.
A testimony in which I wish to thank God for what Christian Science has done for me and for my family is long overdue. I have enjoyed its benefits since birth.
It is thirty-one years since I began to study Christian Science. Now I feel impelled to express my gratitude to God for a healing for which I had to wait patiently for eight years.
In Proverbs we read ( 16:1 ), "The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord. " I can truthfully state that my heart was prepared to receive Christ, Truth, when Christian Science came to me, for I had reached a state in human existence where nothing that the material senses offered could satisfy my longing to know God and His purpose for man.
In the Preface of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," Mary Baker Eddy says ( p. vii ): "It is the task of the sturdy pioneer to hew the tall oak and to cut the rough granite.
Many outstanding healings took place in our home after Christian Science was introduced to my parents. A severe case of rheumatism was overcome through Christian Science treatment after the doctors had given up the case as incurable.
My gratitude for Christian Science grows daily as I experience the rich, spiritual rewards of studying and living its teachings to the best of my understanding. Christian Science was recommended to me in 1945 by my parents, who had just become interested in this religion.
When I was a child, Christian Science was presented to my mother on the day the doctor said that she could not possibly live through the night. For many years she had suffered from pellagra, but that day a Christian Science practitioner was called, and my mother was instantaneously healed.