Testimonies of Healing

" Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy" ( Ps. 107:2 ).

Through Christian Science so many blessings have been mine in a short period of time that I want to share these proofs of God's abundant love for man. Although I had been born and brought up in a Christian Science atmosphere, and many beautiful instances of protection and healing had accompanied our family life, when I went away to college I did not take my stand for Science or turn to it for help.

Having been the beneficiary for a number of years of the truth as taught in Christian Science, I feel that the time has come when I should express my gratitude. When I opened the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, I was searching for something that would bring peace and satisfaction.

In the many years since I first became interested in Christian Science I have had numerous healings and helpful experiences. One of these healings I should like to tell about, since it illustrates the modus operandi of this Science.

I Thank God for Christian Science, which has brought sweet waters out of the bitterest desert in my experience. When Christian Science came to me, I believed myself to be a victim of many physical ills and of hopeless circumstances which made happiness or the unfoldment of any individual usefulness impossible.

Through many years Christian Science has been our physician in times of illness, our Comforter in times of sorrow, our friend and counselor in times of stress; and, indeed, no day passes without abundant evidence of its healing, guiding, and protecting influence in all our affairs. When a schoolgirl I was overtaken by what the family physician termed a nervous condition bordering on St.

At our Wednesday meetings we hear many beautiful testimonies of the healing of all sorts of inharmony, and we are deeply grateful that "with God all things are possible. " I too have had many proofs—some instantaneous, some not so quick—of God's power to heal sickness, broken bones, loss, sorrow, and so forth.

More than thirty years ago I was healed of cancer just by reading that wonderful textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. I had had two operations and was on my way from El Paso, Texas, to Chicago, where my doctor was to meet me and take me to the best surgeons there to have the third operation, which the doctors said would be the last one.

The law of Moses, or the Ten Commandments, found in the twentieth chapter of Exodus, sets forth God's demands for absolute obedience to Him and the moral code for human conduct. In the Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus reveals the blessings and rewards that come to those who are receptive to the demands of Love and to those who are striving to fulfill them.

It is a great joy to testify to the healing power of Christian Science and to express my thankfulness for the many benefits I have received through its ministry. My heart overflows with gratitude for the many physical healings and the spiritual uplift I have gained from the study of this Science.