Testimonies of Healing

Christian Science came into my experience at a time when I was in an emotional and nervous state of mind. An operation and nine months' rest cure had failed to be of any permanent value in healing what threatened to be a serious stomach condition.

For many years I have gleaned and accepted the good from the articles and testimonies in the Christian Science periodicals, to which I am greatly indebted. Christian Science first came into my life when I was a small child, but through the events of the years it became lost to me, although the seed was sown through this brief contact.

With the prayerful desire to help another on the road from sense to Soul, I give the following testimony and gratefully bear witness to the fact that Christian Science is the Comforter promised by the Way-shower, Christ Jesus. Her life of consecration and devotion to the Cause of Christian Science, which she discovered and founded, and her great love for all mankind, have endeared Mary Baker Eddy to the hearts of loyal Christian Scientists throughout the world.

I wish to offer my testimony in joyous gratitude to God for the infinite blessings I have received through the study and application of Christian Science. The first healing which seemed outstanding to me was that of a nervous breakdown.

Mrs. Eddy writes in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p.

That Christian Science sets aside timeworn theories and man-made laws has been beautifully proved in my experience. The young man who later became my husband, and who had been suffering for many years from a nasal condition, asked me if I was sure Christian Science could heal him.

Filled with gratitude to God, I should like to testify to the healing power of Christian Science, for great are the blessings that I have been privileged to experience in the years I have known of this Science. In Isaiah ( 58:9 ) we read, "Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am.

My first healing was of the fear of being poisoned if I picked green plants and leaves. This healing took place during the silent prayer at a Wednesday evening testimony meeting.

Words are inadequate to express my gratitude for the blessings Christian Science has brought into our home. I am most grateful to the practitioner who helped me return to Christian Science after I had strayed for many years.

It is now over thirty years since my testimony was published in the Christian Science Sentinel , and I feel even more grateful than I did on the day I wrote it, for I have had many opportunities since then of proving the truth for which I expressed gratitude. I testified then of my first physical healing, which was the overcoming of severe headaches.