Testimonies of Healing

The testimonies in the Christian Science periodicals have meant much to me, for I have derived comfort and inspiration from the many wonderful healings I have read. I feel that it is time for me to share some of the blessings and beautiful experiences which I have had through the study of Science.

It has been more than nine years since my previous testimony appeared in the Journal . Those years have been full of blessings for my family and me.

What a happy privilege it is to express more fully the gratitude one feels for the Christ, Truth. Through Christian Science my mother was healed of a disease which had been pronounced incurable.

I should like to give thanks for Christian Science and for all the channels by which it is infusing fresh usefulness into human thought and action, uncovering and rectifying errors, resolving individual and collective difficulties. Before knowing of this religion I had a vague feeling that if one were willing to let go of willfulness and sincerely turn to God, help would be received.

Christian Science has brought me out of the bondage of illness into health and harmony. Strange pains in the head and a slight paralysis of the jaw, together with other alarming conditions, were experienced after I had permitted the tempo of my activities to become accelerated out of all reason.

I have had many proofs of the healing power of Christian Science. The guidance and protection that the study of this Science has given me over the years are invaluable.

I wish to express my gratitude for Christian Science, the religion which becomes the basis of one's every thought and act. Class instruction has especially aided me.

My parents and maternal grandparents were members of The Mother Church and of branch churches. As a child I attended the Christian Science Sunday School.

Jesus said ( Matt. 10:8 ), "Freely ye have received, freely give.

Although I have given many testimonies in Churches of Christ, Scientist, through the years that I have been a student of Christian Science, I have not previously glorified God in a written testimony. The desire to do so now prompts me to tell of just a few of my experiences, hoping they will help someone who is discouraged, as reading the testimonies has helped me in times of discouragement and given me renewed hope.