Testimonies of Healing
In II Timothy ( 2:13 ) we read, "If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself. " I have experienced the truth of this statement.
Isaiah's prophecy (42:16) , "I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known," was literally fulfilled in my experience when I turned wholeheartedly to Christian Science. I had left home in 1929 to take a job in Boston, only to find upon my arrival that owing to the condition of the stock market the job had vanished.
About twenty years ago I was staying with a friend at a Lancashire seaside resort. We had heard a little about Christian Science, and we had a great desire to attend a service.
For a long time I have listened to the suggestion, Wait until you have actually worked out some big problem before writing a testimony for the periodicals; but Love says, Someone may need just what you have to give. I have felt the healing touch of the Christ and feel I must express gratitude for it.
"Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;.
For all the good I have received since taking up the study of Christian Science, I wish to give thanks. I am grateful for the physical healings, the spiritual uplift, and the protection experienced by the members of my family.
In "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy we read ( p. 249 ), "Let us rejoice that we are subject to the divine 'powers that be.
The testimonies in the Christian Science periodicals have been inspiring to me for more than fifteen years. My gratitude for them prompts me to add my own written testimony, hoping that it will help some struggling heart.
I was born and brought up in a Christian Science family and did not have all the various illnesses to which children are subjected. I remember with joy the first demonstration of Christian Science healing I had without help from my mother.
I feel it my profound duty to testify to what the love of our Father-Mother God has done for me, and to express my gratitude. In 1923 the light of Truth was revealed to me through a woman who was then just an acquaintance.