Testimonies of Healing
" Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh" ( Matt. 12:34 ).
Nearly fifty years ago Christian Science was brought to my attention. Feeling in great need of help to overcome fear and worry, I asked for aid from a Christian Science practitioner and received immediate freedom from these beliefs.
My attention was first directed to Christian Science during my stay in Paris in 1925, and I resolved at once to become better acquainted with it. My plan to return to my homeland, Estonia, was changed, and I stayed in Paris for several months in order to study this wonderful Science.
In Psalms we read ( 51:15 ), "O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. " It is my hope that this testimony will show forth God's praise.
As I look back over my past ten years in Christian Science, gratitude floods my thought, for my blessings have been many. Shortly after my induction into the armed forces, just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, I was taken suddenly ill at basic training camp with a condition of spinal meningitis and lobar pneumonia so grave that the family was summoned to my bedside.
For all the joy, strength, and courage that Christian Science has brought to me over a long period of years I can never express in words my grateful thanks to our Father-Mother God. From childhood I had been a great sufferer from nervous headaches which completely prostrated me for a couple of days at a time.
The testimonies in our periodicals have been such a help to me that I should like to relate some of my healings, hoping they may be helpful to someone else. So many physical problems were mine that my life seemed one long night of misery.
Twelve years ago Christian Science came to my attention through a healing of mastoiditis which my mother experienced. My interest in Truth's healing power was stimulated by the splendid work and loving-kindness of a practitioner.
The periodicals of the Christian Science movement are like a voice reaching over continent and ocean. For years I have received inspiration, comfort, and encouragement from the testimonies in the Journal and the Christian Science Sentinel; now I wish to give my testimony.
It is now more than twenty years since my first testimony was published in the Christian Science Sentinel, and I should like to express again my deep gratitude for the blessed truth God gave to the world in the writings of our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy.