Testimonies of Healing

Owing to the presence of Christian Science in our home, I was protected from the so-called children's diseases and the use of any drugs or medicine. I shall never cease to be grateful for the lessons learned in the Sunday School and for membership in our beloved Mother Church.

In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" ( p. 24 ) our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, says, "He to whom 'the arm of the Lord' is revealed will believe our report, and rise into newness of life with regeneration.

I came into Christian Science because several doctors, one a noted specialist, said that I could not have a child or be a well woman without a major operation. I had gone to a large city to have this surgical work done.

During three years in the Army I had ample opportunity to prove the efficacy of Christian Science and to have demonstrated to me the completeness of this truth as revealed by Mary Baker Eddy. I was drafted into the Army several months after completing the thesis for my Master's degree at an eastern university.

" Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!" ( Ps. 107:8 ).

In an article in the Journal of July, 1946 (p. 338), appeared the following sentence: "As a result of his correctly understanding the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science, healing may come to one suffering from inharmony.

Profound gratitude to God for the entire change which Christian Science brought into my life forces me to put this gratitude into words as a testimony, in the hope it may help others as I have so often been helped by reading or hearing testimonies. Before I heard of Christian Science I was not in good health for twelve years.

Today , after twenty years of study, use, and practical proofs of the healing power of Christian Science, this testimony is long overdue. I turned to Science at a time when all earthly joy, peace, and happiness seemed gone forever.

In sincere gratitude for the protection afforded me in a car collision, I write this testimony. The experience enabled me to appreciate with increasing joy the absolute accuracy and dependability of the statements given to us in Science and Health by Mrs.

It is with heartfelt gratitude that I add my humble voice to the thousands raised in testimony to the guidance and healing power of Christian Science. Early in 1945 we were led to sell our house because it was too large for our needs.