Testimonies of Healing

What blessings and inspiration await all who avail themselves of the teachings of Christian Science! I never cease to marvel that one woman could bring so much good to so many men in many different parts of the world. Whenever I become overpowered by discouragement or so troubled that I do not know where to turn, I have learned to turn to the "Testimonies of Healing" published in the Journal and Sentinel.

I wish to express my gratitude for the healing of an inflamed skin condition which appeared on my hands. During this experience I was unable to put my hands in water or do any of the many household tasks to which I had been accustomed.

In my early years I greatly longed to know God; and I searched and prayed much to glimpse and understand the power and presence of God which Jesus demonstrated. For the apostle said of all mankind "that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us" ( Acts 17:27 ).

It is with a heart full of gratitude that I give this testimony. Christian Science has been my only physician for more than thirty years.

For over twenty years, I have looked to Christian Science for healing or help for any disturbance, physical, mental, or moral, and have been healed and blessed and given the understanding to go on working out my problems. During my first weeks of study I was healed, just by reading the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, of an ulcerated tooth, and, with practitioner's help, of mumps in three days.

I am sending this testimony as payment on a debt long overdue. I took up the study of Christian Science in the spring of 1918, because of the health of my family and myself.

Although I have been a Christian Scientist since I was a young boy in grade school, it took me a long time to learn to put God first and business second. A practitioner had advised me to attend church more regularly, to put spiritual things first, but I could not see it that way then.

I wish to give thanks for the Christian Science Hymnal. We are indeed blessed in having this golden treasury of song and verse, with each hymn so carefully selected, and chosen for its uplifting message.

For some time the realization that I have enjoyed the testimonies in the Christian Science periodicals for over ten years and have not contributed one of my own has made me want to express my gratitude through them. One of my first proofs of the healing power of God as taught in Christian Science was of a carbuncle under my right arm.

Realizing that the most important, the most vitalizing influence in my life has been the teaching of Christian Science, I wish to express my gratitude for the continuous flow of blessings that has come to me through the years. I have always been particularly grateful that the first healings came as the direct result of reading the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by our revered Leader, Mary Baker Eddy.