Testimonies of Healing

Through the study of Christian Science I am becoming increasingly aware of the impersonal nature of the healing Christ. I should like to tell how this realization, revealed to me in a Christian Science lecture, brought about the instantaneous healing of a condition which several physicians had declared incurable.

I began earnestly studying Christian Science over five years ago. Although I had always known of this Science, and my mother is a Christian Scientist, I did not feel the need of studying for myself until then.

After reading my testimony, you will readily see how very grateful I am for Christian Science. Some months after my father's decease, I became ill.

" Before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear" Isa. 65:24 ).

When I was in my early teens seldom a week went by that I was not out of school two or three days because of illness. During high school I never took the required physical education course because of these difficulties.

The teaching of Christian Science was well known to me by name, but I first learned of its divine power in an internment camp. It is with great gratitude for the numberless blessings I have received with the aid of a practitioner that I should like to testify to a healing of particular significance which exemplifies the blessings of divine Truth more than anything else could.

I am deeply grateful for the understanding gained through Christian Science of home as the kingdom of God within us— within spiritual understanding. Christ Jesus has said ( Luke 17:20, 21 ),"The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.

In mathematical computations wrong answers are the results, not of any flaw in the governing rule or law, but of ignorance of such rule or law or improper application of it. The right answer is always assured through correct knowledge and application of a rule or law governing any situation, be it mathematical or otherwise.

With sincere gratitude to our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, and to Christian Science I am prompted to relate a healing that I experienced many years ago, when I was fourteen. I developed what medical science called the gout, a most unusual disease for a young person.

The first line of the first hymn in the Christian Science Hymnal reads, "Be Thou, O God, exalted high. " In the hearts of Christian Scientists and in their testimonies appearing in the Christian Science publications God is, indeed, exalted high, for many, like myself, have had ample proof of the life-giving and health-giving power of this great religion.