Testimonies of Healing
For a long time I have wanted to express through our periodicals my gratitude to God for Christian Science. On many an occasion when I have been in the depths of despair, with no human hand to help, a testimony from the Journal or the Christian Science Sentinel has given me courage and renewed faith to press on.
I first became interested in the teachings of Christian Science in 1910. At this time I was an earnest member of a Protestant church and a worker in several of its activities.
In the words of the Psalmist ( Ps. 3:4 ), "I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill.
On page 574 of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy we read, "The very circumstance, which your suffering sense deems wrathful and afflictive, Love can make an angel entertained unawares.
Mrs. Eddy says on page 571 of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," "Know thyself, and God will supply the wisdom and the occasion for a victory over evil.
" God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:.
When Christian Science came to me I was instantaneously healed of hay fever, which had been recurring annually from childhood. Summers spent traveling in the North and West had served to alleviate the distress only partially.
Over twenty years ago acceptance and utilization of the truths taught in Christian Science restored me to health, happiness, and useful activity. Following a major surgical operation, my physical condition had been pronounced incurable by several doctors, and I was losing health steadily.
My mother first presented Christian Science to our home by making the statement that she was going to try it. She did, and received a healing.
In our textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, there are two statements that I shall never forget. One is on page 394 : "We should remember that Life is God, and that God is omnipotent;" and the other is on page 496, where we read, "We all must learn that Life is God.