Testimonies of Healing
" My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour" ( Luke 1:46, 47 ). Many years ago my little daughter had an annoying kidney condition that caused her to be very restless in school.
Before I became interested in Christian Science, I had' prayed to what seemed to be a faraway God, but my prayers were never answered. I was sad; discouraged, and full of self-pity.
Our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, writes on page 393 of Science and Health: "Rise in the strength of Spirit to resist all that is unlike good. God has made man capable of this, and nothing can vitiate the ability and power divinely bestowed on man.
Knowing that the purpose of our testimonies is to glorify God and bless our fellow men, I feel it is time for me to give another testimony showing God's power to heal. My first testimony appeared in the Journal for May, 1951.
I would like to tell how I was led to Christian Science when I was in my early teens. Our family had recently moved to a small town, and on the first Sunday morning after our move my mother told my sister and me to go out and find a Sunday School.
The way in which I was brought into Christian Science has always been a staff for me to lean upon. For many years I had suffered from low blood pressure with its attendant ills.
The testimonies given in our periodicals have always been a source of great encouragement to me, and I realize that I must share some of my experiences so that they may be of help to others. When Christian Science was first presented to me by a dear sister, I knew that I had found the explanation of Jesus' teachings for which I had been searching all my life.
I give thanks daily for the benefits that have come to me as a result of my growing understanding of our Father-Mother God. Among the treasured experiences which have revealed to me God's omnipotence is the following one.
I would like to offer my testimony of the healing power of Christian Science. My heart is filled with gratitude and joy for what this religion has done for me and mine.
About the year 1910 Christian Science was recommended to my mother as a means of healing me of a large internal growth on the side of my neck. The efforts of three doctors in our town had failed to bring relief.