Testimonies of Healing
Christian Science has been meeting my needs and those of my family over a period of twenty-five years. It first came into my life at a time when I was in need of a physical healing.
In June, 1954, I had a routine dental appointment for the cleaning of my teeth. The dentist pointed out a tooth needing immediate attention.
In 1925 our little twelve-year-old daughter was taken ill. The symptoms were those of a contagious disease.
" What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?" ( Ps. 116:12.
It is with a heart full of gratitude for Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, that I give this testimony. Years ago Christian Science healed me of the use of cigarettes and of a nervous condition, the result of my experience in World War I.
" Man is the expression of God's being. " This quotation from page 470 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, changed the whole course of my life.
Gratitude for Christian Science impels me to write this testimony in the hope that it may help others. Not only am I grateful for my health and well-being, maintained through the teachings of this Science, but also for the fact that Science has brought mankind a clearer understanding of God, enabling them to prove the Master's words ( John 8:31, 32 ), "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
"I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation" ( Ps. 118:21 ).
Christian Science has done so much for me and mine that it is hard to know where I should begin in telling of our blessings. It has been my only physician for over thirty years, during which time I have felt its protecting power constantly.
More than twenty-five years ago I wrote a testimony which appeared in the Journal. Since that time I have had many demonstrations of the truth that "divine Love always has met and always will meet every human need" ( Science and Health by Mrs.