Testimonies of Healing

I was reared in an orthodox church, where I studied the Bible throughout my Sunday School years. Also, our family had daily Bible readings.

The Psalmist sang ( Ps. 9:2 ), "I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

At a time of extremity more than thirty years ago Christian Science proved my only hope and help. My mother, who for some years had been the last remaining member of my immediate family, passed on, and I was left with a sense of great loss.

As one who has known Christian Science from early childhood, I am happy to be afforded this opportunity to testify to its power to heal and bless. The first healing that I can remember in our family occurred during the influenza epidemic of 1918, when my brother and I, with our mother, were visiting a family of Christian Scientists.

My first healing in Christian Science was an instantaneous one of a sprained ankle. It was impossible for me to walk, and the pain was excruciating.

With a desire to help anyone who may be struggling with the problem of deciding whether to rely on medical treatment or on Christian Science, I should like to relate what one of my Army experiences taught me in this connection. While I was at a basic training camp, I began to suffer from a distressing physical condition.

It is with great humility that I offer this testimony that Christian Science, correctly and faithfully applied, does heal. This Science was first brought to my attention about twenty-three years ago when a friend loaned me the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.

I had the wonderful opportunity of attending the Christian Science Sunday School for many years until I reached college age. At this time my interest became haphazard and continued so for a number of years.

Five years ago I was in as hopeless a state as a human being could be. Today, thanks to Christian Science, my life is filled with happiness.

I have received so much help and inspiration from the testimonies published in our periodicals that I wish to testify to the healing and redeeming power of Christian Science, in the hope that it may help others. Christian Science was first presented to me by a student of this Science whom I met on holiday and who had been healed of rheumatism.