Testimonies of Healing

Over twenty years ago I experienced an instantaneous healing of injuries received in an automobile accident. For seven years before this healing I had lived without hope that the future held any happiness for me.

I should like to try to put into words my heartfelt gratitude for the Father's tender and ever-present care. From early childhood, I had the privilege of attending a Christian Science Sunday School.

When I was in my teens I left home to attend a private boarding school for girls. This move indeed proved a blessing, for through it I found Christian Science.

Christian Science has been a blessing to me for more than thirty years. Our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, quotes the following statement on page 266 of the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures": "Man's extremity is God's opportunity.

Mrs. Eddy makes the statement in our textbook, Science and Health ( Pref.

I would like to testify to a healing in which the structure of my body was changed through spiritual means alone. This healing took place after I was thirty years of age.

The testimonies in our periodicals have always been the source of much inspiration and healing to me. Now I too would like to add my testimony to those from many parts of the world who are giving voice to the healing effects of Christian Science.

I can remember the comfort which Christian Science brought to our home when I was a child, and through my early years I felt wrapped in a kind of protective covering, which was what Christian Science meant to me. It was during my college experience that I began to prove that Christian Science is actually usable in everyday living, for then I had the opportunity of instruction in The Mother Church Sunday School and the guidance of a selfless practitioner.

My first healing in Christian Science came when I was in my late teens and after I had attended Sunday School about one year. I was taken ill quite suddenly and could not stand up straight.

It is my desire to express my humble gratitude for the many healings my family and I have experienced through the study and application of Christian Science. I have known of Science from childhood, and one of my first healings was as follows.