
Testimonies of Healing
With a grateful heart I add my testimony to that of my husband. I was healed of pulmonary disease and consumption.
Gratitude to God, our dear Father, causes me to recount the helpful experiences which I have been privileged to have through the teachings of Christian Science. For seventeen years I have had the opportunity to study the truth about God and man, as it is revealed to us through the textbook by Mrs.
" Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. " How wonderful are these words of Jesus! How wonderful to be freed from erroneous beliefs of mortal mind! I am grateful for the understanding and unfoldment that is coming to me daily.
I have been reading the testimonies in the Christian Science periodicals for over twelve years and have enjoyed the benefits therefrom; and now with sincere gratitude would add my testimony that it may help others. I first turned to Christian Science for healing of self-poisoning, caused by constipation, which was pronounced by physicians incurable.
In Luke, Jesus is recorded as saying of a certain woman, "Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. " Having received many blessings, too numerous to mention, through the study of Christian Science during the past fifteen years, I give this testimony.
I wish to corroborate my daughter's testimony. The same Christian Science practitioner has also helped me many times.
I am very grateful to be studying in Sunday school the teachings of Christian Science. With joy I can say that I have been freed from many illnesses, including measles, mumps, and indigestion.
I studied Darwin, Ingersoll, and many others, but in times of trouble I would say, If only I had a God to whom I could turn. I heard of Christian Science in a vague sort of way many years before I turned to it, but had no idea what it was all about, until one day in the country I met a lady who had been healed of neuritis in her arm through Christian Science treatment.
It is with deepest gratitude that I wish to give my testimony to the healing power of Christian Science. During the year 1909 I visited three physicians, hoping to receive help for what was called nervous exhaustion, which caused frequent spells of despondency, stomach trouble, and weakness.
Seventeen years ago I was a young student of Christian Science. My religion was not tolerated by my family, and I was working out of a condition of lack and limitation.