Testimonies of Healing

It is with a deep sense of gratitude for blessings received that I wish to make public acknowledgment of my appreciation of Christian Science. Thirty-six years ago I was sick and unhappy because of an incurable disease which I had been told would, in a comparatively short length of time, end my days.

Eight months in the New Guinea area have given me much time for reflection, and I have realized more clearly than ever before the protection, power, and love bestowed on man by God, as revealed in Christian Science. The knowledge of man's oneness with Him has been a protection against fear, heat, mosquitoes, resentment, homesickness, drowsiness, and many other erroneous beliefs that appear to flourish in the jungles.

The Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, has always had a place in our home. However, it is only during the last few years that the "key" to the Scriptures, and the clear presentation of eternal Truth contained in the textbook, have been applied to improve family relations, business opportunities, and further individual progress.

I Should like to express my thanks to God for His goodness. For the twenty-six years during which we have enjoyed the blessings of Christian Science, He has met our every need.

The events accompanying my spiritual rebirth have been many and varied, and the healing efficacy of Christian Science has manifested itself abundantly in my experience. I am grateful to God for His beloved Son, Christ Jesus, the Wayshower.

When I was a small child, I sat one evening on the front steps of my parents' home grieving for a brother who was seriously ill. Two women passed by, and one of them remarked: "This is where the —family lives.

In 1905, relatives of my husband, who were ardent Christian Scientists, mentioned the healing efficacy of Science and said that all disease could be healed. My husband became interested enough to read "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, and to have treatment.

How can I begin to find words to express the gratitude I feel for the many blessings I have received through Christian Science? I turned to Science many years ago in search of help for a relative. I started in at once to read the textbook.

In grateful acknowledgment of the many blessings that have come into my experience through Christian Science during the past twenty years, I give my testimony. When Christian Science was presented to me I felt no particular need of physical healing, but I did realize my need for something that I did not have.

A painful and inflamed condition of my mouth caused me to visit a dentist, who reported that an X-ray photograph showed there was a growth of a cystic nature and tendency on my jaw. He declared that it was not considered dangerous medically but it was the practice to operate to remove such a growth because it would go on growing.