Testimonies of Healing

Many times I have felt the urge to submit for publication an expression of my gratitude for healings received and for the blessings that Christian Science has brought into my life. When I first took up the study of Christian Science, I found it gave me a sense of peace and assurance.

When I first learned of Christian Science through the example of a patient and loving student of Christian Science who was my associate on a newspaper, I was self-willed, temperamental, and unteachable. In my search for truth I had dissociated myself from an orthodox church and investigated theosophy, hypnotism, spiritualism, and new-thought.

Christian Science was first presented to me in 1914 by an associate in the office where I was employed. At first I was not at all interested in it, but soon this friend offered me some of the periodicals, which I began to read.

About twenty-three years ago, I became very uneasy with regard to the religion in which I had been brought up, and which I had accepted almost unquestioningly. My earliest years were spent in India, where my father, an Episcopal clergyman, was engaged in army chaplaincy and educational and pastoral work.

Before I attended a Christian Science service, over twenty years ago, I had never found a religion that brought me peace of mind. From my earliest childhood I seemed to be in bondage to every known fear.

I want to tell of a wonderful healing of severe sick headache, for it meant much to me. I had had treatment for two years and had had relief, but every month the trouble recurred.

Many beautiful healings have proved to me and mine the efficacy of Christian Science. Feeling that a written expression of thanks might help other seekers of Truth to partake of the heavenly manna which comes to us all when we diligently seek it, I give this testimony.

My gratitude for all that Christian Science has brought into my life can never be expressed in words. Instead of illness and suffering, it has given me health and strength.

Christian Science came into my life when I witnessed the healing of a fellow college student. In a mistaken effort to help this friend, I had called a physician, and had been very much troubled to hear his verdict that my friend would be confined to her bed for several weeks.

I am very grateful to Christian Science for the numerous blessings which I have received through it. To speak first of all of physical benefits, I shall say that formerly I was very sensitive to cold.