Testimonies of Healing
It is with profound gratitude that I bear witness to the truth of the Biblical statement, "A little child shall lead them," for it was through the loving receptivity of our small son that I was finally led to accept Christian Science. Many times during the earlier part of my life Christian Science was presented to me.
At the height of a successful career as an obstetrical nurse, I was stricken with a serious condition of the heart. Medical aid afforded no relief.
"Freely ye have received, freely give," said Jesus. Because I have received so many benefits through the study of Christian Science, I give this testimony, and hope that it will help someone who is also hungering and thirsting after righteousness.
Twenty-three years ago I was healed of chronic constipation and headaches through the reading of the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy.
In Revelation it is written, "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. " On page 536 of Science and Health Mrs.
When I first heard of Christian Science I was suffering from a severe breakdown, due to overstudy and strain, and it was becoming increasingly difficult for me to continue my work. The kindly efforts of doctors had failed to help me.
I am deeply grateful for Christian Science, and for the wonderment and joy of my first Christian Science treatment. After several days' illness I had collapsed, and had been carried to my room.
Ever since childhood I had suffered from asthma. The doctors told my parents that I should outgrow it, but, instead, I grew worse.
Love and gratitude prompt me to write this testimony, for I have experienced the blessings promised in the opening lines of the Preface to the textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy ( p.
Christian Science was first brought to my attention in the year 1912, when I was suffering from a severe attack of pleurisy. A doctor had told me that one of my lungs was affected with tuberculosis.