Testimonies of Healing
The healing power of the angel messages that come to us through the Christian Science literature is to me evidence of the omnipresence of Truth and of Truth's perfect idea, man, and of the fact which our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, states in Science and Health ( p.
I first heard of Christian Science through a young man, well known to our family, whose mother had been healed of cancer. This introduction seemed to prepare my thought to accept Christian Science when it was presented to me later.
From the bottom of my heart I am grateful to our Father-Mother God for leading me to Christian Science. Christ Jesus said ( John 8:32 ), "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Our young son, who had been under the care of a pediatrician for about three weeks for what was diagnosed as mastoiditis, had grown steadily worse. The doctor had been called at family insistence, and when the child grew no better, they consented to Christian Science treatment.
I shall always be grateful for the good and immediate results of Christian Science and the knowledge that God is everywhere. The words of a hymn (Christian Science Hymnal, No.
Mary Baker Eddy tells us on the first page of the Preface to "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings. " This statement has proved itself true in numerous cases in the experiences of my family and myself as we have traveled the highway from sense to Soul.
In view of the fact that I have been a grateful beneficiary of Christian Science for over thirty-eight years, I should no longer delay acknowledgment, through the periodicals, of these benefits. Early in my study of Christian Science I was healed of headaches, which had troubled me throughout my girlhood and young womanhood.
When I was first interested in Christian Science, our daughter, who was very young, was ill one night with a fever. I had only read a few Christian Science Sentinels, but an article in one of them on the overcoming of fear had impressed me deeply.
While I was still attending high school, I was healed of what a doctor diagnosed as tuberculosis in its severest form. This healing was brought about through the work of a loving Christian Science practitioner in a very few treatments.
Gratitude fills my consciousness for the many blessings I have received through the study of Christian Science. On many occasions I have proved the truth of Mrs.