Testimonies of Healing

For years each fall I was the victim of eczema. It appeared on one of my arms, at first mildly, but increasing in inflammation and irritation over a period of some months.

" Gratitude is much more than a verbal expression of thanks. Action expresses more gratitude than speech.

About four years ago I began studying Christian Science because I was greatly disturbed over inharmony existing between two members of my family. One of them had been ill for a number of years and had turned against the other.

I humbly submit this testimony in gratitude to God for the many proofs I have had of the healing efficacy of Christian Science and for the solution of innumerable problems of all kinds through the application of the truth revealed in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy. It was my privilege, when a young teacher, to live in the home of an earnest student of Christian Science for three years.

For the many blessings that Christian Science has brought into my life, I have waited too long to express my gratitude in writing. Having been reared in a Christian Science home and having been a student of this Science for many years, I am able to testify to the fact that an understanding of God, gained through Christian Science, heals one of physical disorders, as well as every other inharmony that seems to invade daily experience.

Seventeen years ago, on New Year's Eve, I turned wholeheartedly to Christian Science, thereby taking the most important step in my life. That very night I received an instantaneous healing of constipation and hemorrhoids of years' standing, while reading a copy of the Christian Science Sentinel.

Christian Science has been my only physician for the past fifty years, and during this time I have witnessed many proofs of its healing and protecting power. About forty years ago I was healed of acute blood poisoning through the help of a Christian Science practitioner, whose loving-kindness and patience have always meant a great deal to me.

Christian Science came to me at a time when I needed it greatly. During the midst of the depression, I asked a friend about Christian Science, for I wanted an answer to the problem of existence.

Searching always for the reason for humanity's woes, perplexed by seeing those who strove to lead a godly life so often stricken by pain and loss, failing to get satisfactory explanations from the teachings of the church to which I belonged, I looked into every ology that came my way, but still found no answer. The time came when the foundations of all that stands for the human idea of a useful, happy life were tottering; and later, when nearly everything had been swept away, I had to part from a child most dear to me.

" When we wait patiently on God and seek Truth righteously, He directs our path. "So writes our Leader.