Testimonies of Healing
That Christian Science heals both mental and physical discord is a well-known fact. It has been my happy experience to learn of and demonstrate this wonderful truth.
It is with a heart full of gratitude that I tell of a healing of erysipelas after four days' treatment by a practitioner. The healing came over ten years ago through radical reliance on the Christ, Truth, given to the world by Christ Jesus, the Way-shower, and revealed to this age in Christian Science by our beloved Leader, Mary Baker Eddy.
Forty years ago I was healed instantaneously of a ruptured blood vessel through the work of a Christian Science practitioner. The slightest exertion had caused hemorrhage.
The privilege of being taught the truths of Christian Science in the Sunday School is one of the joys I shall always remember, but it was not until some years later, after many trials and difficulties had been faced, that I really appreciated the wonderful teaching that Mrs. Eddy has given us.
I have many reasons to thank God that Mrs. Eddy has made Christ Jesus' teachings practical for us in this age.
Many years ago I found the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, in a public library. I became so interested in it that I borrowed it several times until I had read the entire book through three times.
I was very ill for a great many years with asthma. I swallowed much medicine and consulted many physicians, all to no avail.
When I was of high school age, my mother found Christian Science. Changing her seat in a railroad station because a spider was crawling near her, she sat beside a woman who spoke to her of fear in general.
It gives me great pleasure to express gratitude and to testify that Christian Science has been a way of life for me during the past sixteen years. The statement from Science and Health by Mrs.
For the far-reaching activities of The Mother Church, I am most grateful. The Wartime Activities Committee filled an important need while I was in the service, for through the Christian Science Servicemen's Centers I gained a clear realization of home.