Testimonies of Healing

Joyfully I should like to bear witness to the truth of the statement ( Hebr. 4:12 ), "The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword.

" I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known" ( Isa. 42:16 ).

Early in my study of Christian Science, before I had become a member of The Mother Church or a branch church, I experienced acute choking and strangling in my throat. I began declaring truths that I knew at the time.

Christian Science has brought me many blessings and healings since I began its study while away from home teaching school, but my first big test was outstanding. From childhood I had been subject to attacks of inflammatory rheumatism, which recurred at intervals with increasing severity, often crippling me for days or weeks.

I am very grateful for Christian Science and for the many healings it has brought to me and my family. One day I received a telephone call from my husband, saying a tornado warning had been issued for this area and that he could see the twister outside his window approximately a mile or two away.

It is with a feeling of deep gratitude that I testify to a healing which brought me into Christian Science, the new and wonderful way of Life. Some years ago while I was depending on materia medica, as was the custom of my entire family, a malady was manifested on my body that involved the nerves and skin.

Since I retired from the business world, I have taken a series of trips by airplane to foreign countries. Friends say to me periodically: "What! At your age, and traveling alone?" In the first place, I look to God for my strength and my life; matter is not the contributing factor.

Our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, writes in Science and Health ( p.

This testimony is to express gratitude for the oneness of Mind taught in Christian Science. Several years ago, while studying for a graduate degree, I faced at the end of months of work a comprehensive oral examination that was to be conducted by a committee including my university adviser, the department chairman, and three other professors.

One of the things for which I am most grateful is the inspired meaning of Church which we are taught in Christian Science. During the last few years I have come to realize that, as Mrs.