Testimonies of Healing

In Isaiah we read ( 43:2, 3 ): "When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour.

When I was a young woman, my mother laid down some undesirable health laws for me, saying that I was following in her footsteps and would, no doubt, have the same troubles she had experienced. I rebelled against these unjust decrees, but I did not know how to protect myself from such thoughts.

Christian Science was introduced to our family in the late 1890's when my grandmother was healed of a cancerous growth after she had undergone two operations, neither of which had been successful. When the condition presented itself the third time, the surgeon refused to operate, since he felt it was too advanced.

My husband, son, and I were in Japan from June, 1955, to June, 1956. Looking back over the varied problems we solved that year, I find that these lines from the Bible sum up for me the guidance we felt ( Ps.

In my earlier years I was a self-confident young man. Although my mother was the daughter of a minister and sought to teach me to pray at her knee as a child, I grew up with the conviction that only weaklings prayed.

It is with great joy that I can testify to the healing power of Christian Science. Twenty-six years ago I witnessed the healing of an aunt who had been given but a few months to live because of a so-called incurable blood condition.

For many years Christian Science has been a great comfort and joy. It has given me courage and strength.

In the Christian Science Sentinel of July 28, 1956, the column entitled "Of Good Report" was a reminder of the importance of testimonies written for our periodicals. I realized that, although I have always been grateful for these testimonies and have been blessed through them and the ministrations of Christian Science since it was introduced to me by a student in 1910, I had never sent in a testimony.

In Psalms we read ( 40:5 ), "Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to usward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. " Our family's first healing experience in Christian Science came about twenty-five years ago.

It is with a humble and grateful heart that I submit this testimony of the good that Christian Science has brought into my life. For many years I had been dissatisfied with the religious teachings in which I had been brought up.