Testimonies of Healing

With a heart filled with gratitude I wish to testify to the many blessings and healings I have received through Christian Science. It came to our family at a time when very deep anxiety and distress reigned in our home.

A few years ago our daughter was brought home from college suffering from a mental and physical breakdown. She was having Christian Science treatment, but did not improve.

After reading gratefully the testimonies of healing in a Journal, I found the words of the Psalmist uttering themselves in my thought ( Ps. 116:12 ): "What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?" and turning to the Bible I read the answer in the following verses of the Psalm: "I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.

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.