Testimonies of Healing

Because I have seen some glorious results of the understanding and application of Christian Science both in my own life and in that of others, I gladly bear witness to the power of divine Science. Not long after I first heard of Christian Science, I began to read parts of Science and Health and the other writings of Mrs.

Paul said to the Corinthians ( I Cor. 2:1, 4 ): "And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

When I was a very young student of Christian Science, I was attacked by venereal disease. At first I felt a terrific sense of shock and was embarrassed to think that I, a student of Christian Science, should experience such a disease.

It was over forty years ago that my mother, who was in poor health and seemed unable to receive help from materia medica, was led to ask a neighbor, who was a Christian Scientist, about her religion. They talked for several hours, and my mother came home convinced that Christian Science was the truth, the Comforter promised by Jesus.

That God is "a God at hand" as well as "a God afar off," the absolute assurance given us in Jeremiah ( 23:23 ), that He is knowable, ever present, and all-powerful, and that Christian Science is the final and complete revelation of the truth of God and man, is indeed the pearl of great price. My family became interested in Christian Science when I was a young child, and since that time this Science of Christianity has met my every need.

With the help of a Christian Science practitioner I was healed within two weeks of rheumatism of eleven years' standing. At this time I also was healed of sinus trouble with which I had been troubled all my life and for which I had had several operations.

The testimonies in the periodicals were what most appealed to me when I first took up the study of Christian Science. Their sincerity and indisputable logic convinced me that Christian Science works.

This testimony is written in gratitude to our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, for giving Christian Science to the world. I did not come into this Science for physical healing, although I was sorely in need of it.

It is with a deep sense of gratitude for all that Christian Science has brought into my life since I began its study nearly three years ago that I give this testimony. The first Wednesday evening testimony meeting which I attended was a great comfort to me, for I was mentally and physically at the end of my endurance.

I had always had great faith in God. However, after my mother passed on I was in the depths of despair for many weeks; it seemed as though I were in a dark dungeon.