Testimonies of Healing
"To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings. " Many years ago I learned that this opening statement of the Preface to Science and Health by Mrs.
In 1903 my mother was healed instantaneously in Christian Science of a physical difficulty while she was attending The Mother Church. I was placed in the Christian Science Sunday School and had the privilege of attending for fourteen years.
Christian Science has brought many blessings into my life, and for this I am deeply grateful. Five generations of my family have had the privilege of membership in The Mother Church and its branch churches.
I first learned of Christian Science when I was a little girl, through my mother's sisters; but my father was so opposed that for many years I was denied the privilege of attending the Christian Science Sunday School or reading the textbook. Science and Health by Mrs.
It is with great appreciation of Mary Baker Eddy that I express my gratitude for Christian Science. Some years ago a friend talked to me of this Science, but I thought no more of it.
While visiting in another state, I went to see a friend one afternoon and while there was seized with a most violent attack of illness. She read an article from a Christian Science Sentinel to me, and I was soon able to return to the home of friends, where I was staying.
The Psalmist writes ( Ps. 107:8 ), "Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!" Christian Science came into my experience through the growing desire to know more about God.
When I was two years old, I was given up by the physicians and seemed to be passing on. My mother was newly interested in Christian Science, and my father, though opposed, was willing in this extremity to have Science help for me.
A sincere desire to help someone in need of healing impels me to give this testimony. My first healing in Christian Science came about solely by reading the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy.
In 1933 I had a testimony in the Christian Science Sentinel telling of the many healings we had experienced in our home. Since then the healing truth has continued to bless us in every way.