Testimonies of Healing
It is with a deep sense of gratitude that I acknowledge the healings and blessings which have been mine over a period of many years through Christian Science. Following the advice of a physician who declared that only Christian Science could free me, I turned to it for help.
It was some time after I came to America from France that I first heard of Christian Science, but at that time I was not ready for it. About a year later, when doctors were unable to diagnose a condition which was troubling me and were not able to relieve me of intense pain, my friends gave me the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health by Mrs.
In 1920 I was in a large hospital in this city with an infection of a toe. A consultation of four physicians resulted in the decision that amputation was necessary.
Like many others, I have great cause for gratitude to God, to Christ Jesus, the Way-shower, and also to Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, for the blessings I have received through her teachings. In particular I should like to express my thanks to God for the following two experiences.
Just as Moses led the children of Israel for forty years from the land of bondage into the promised land of freedom, so for forty ears Christian Science has led me into continually greater spiritual freedom. Through Mary Baker Eddy's revelation of divine Truth all may be delivered from the darkness of the carnal mind.
I am grateful to have been raised by parents who were active in the Cause many years. As a child I was considered frail by family friends and neighbors, but Christian Science protected me from most childhood afflictions, and for a number of years now I have lived a normal, active life, which has included college activities, two years of graduate work, and the raising of a family of three active youngsters.
Little did I realize when coming to the United States in 1917 what a happy life of usefulness was before me. The words Christian Science were new to me; but it was not long before I learned that those words meant religion—a religion that would meet my every need.
Let the words of the Psalmist be the prelude to my humble testimony ( Ps. 105:1 ), "O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
Jesus said ( John 18:37 ), "To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. " A few years ago, following the birth of our daughter, I found myself in great pain and distress.
In gratitude for what Christian Science has done for me I submit the following testimony. While was in combat service with the Army Air Forces during World War II our plane was shot down by antiaircraft fire at a twenty-two-thousand-foot altitude.