Testimonies of Healing
When I turned to Christian Science everything seemed wrong with my affairs, and I was in a mental turmoil. I had moved to a city where I was without friends or even acquaintances.
My work being electric meter testing, many occasions arise when it is necessary to handle electric wires which are energized. Recently, while I was testing a certain part of a meter, a "flash arc" took place in close proximity to my left eye.
It is with sincere gratitude to God for the many blessings that my daughter and I have experienced through Christian Science that I give this testimony. Sixteen years ago I was led to Christian Science after medical attention by specialists had failed to help my little girl, who was suffering from mastoid trouble.
When Christian Science was first presented to me I was suffering from ulcers of the stomach. A stomach specialist had treated me for six weeks and said he could do no more for me.
In Jeremiah we read, "The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. " Looking back upon my first acquaintance with Christian Science, I realize that for some time I had been desiring to know God better.
A hymn from the Christian Science Hymnal ( No. 83 ), which includes the words, God made all His creatures free; Life itself is liberty; has always appealed to me, because Christian Science has brought me freedom.
Our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, has provided many sources of help for those who are endeavoring to demonstrate in their own lives the truth of Christian Science as set forth in her textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. " Among these are the testimonies appearing constantly in our periodicals.
My first knowledge of Christian Science was obtained through reading the Christian Science Sentinel, especially the poems, when I was just a child. My aunt brought her copies of the Sentinel to our home, and in this manner interested my mother in Christian Science.
Twenty years ago I was suffering from a nervous breakdown, and had taken drugs for insomnia for four years. The first time that I read a few pages from the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, I fell asleep and enjoyed a natural sleep until the morning.
In the past twenty years we, a family of four, have had many proofs of the healing efficacy of Christian Science. This Science came to me at an early age, and I accepted it unreservedly.