Testimonies of Healing

Out of deep appreciation for the comfort and joy that have come to me and to my family through the study of Christian Science, I offer this testimony. It illustrates the effectiveness of this teaching in solving the problems of the business world.

With great gratitude I should like to give an account of the blessings which have come to me through Christian Science. From my earliest youth, stomach trouble had bothered me, becoming greatly aggravated from one attack to another and causing me a good deal of suffering.

On page 372 of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, we read, "If pride, superstition, or any error prevents the honest recognition of benefits received, this will be a hindrance to the recovery of the sick and the success of the student.

I did not take up the study of Christian Science for physical healing, but because I saw that it was the religion which Jesus taught, as recorded in the New Testament. It came about in this way: a friend who came to call on us later had a very bad accident.

It is with a sense of deep gratitude for the many blessings that have come to me through Christian Science, that I write this testimony. I was reared in a Christian home, and my mother taught me to pray, but until I took up the study of Christian Science I did not know that prayer is answered.

Christian Science came to my notice about seven years ago. Previous to this I had heard very little about it.

Christian Science was brought to me by friends who came to live in our home at a time of sorrow and depression, when I found myself dependent upon my own resources for the maintenance of my child and myself. They were Christian Scientists, and I was impressed with the logic and beauty of the teachings they presented; but I wanted to know more fully to what extent these related to the Bible.

While visiting at the home of a relative in California, I went to her bookshelves to make a selection, and a copy of Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy caught my attention.

The parable of the sower and the seed was very clearly illustrated in my experience of coming into Science; for Christian Science was brought to me three times before I was ready to accept it, showing that then only was the soil well enough prepared for the seed of Truth to grow. I have now been in Science for almost twenty-one years, and feel the need of expressing my gratitude for all it has meant in my life.

I attended the Christian Science church and casually read the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, for several years before actually taking up its study in earnest. I had faith and believed the truths I read because I invariably received help when I asked for it.