Testimonies of Healing

I have always felt it a great privilege to give my testimony in Christian Science churches, but have neglected to do so in the periodicals. I am grateful that through Christian Science I have found a religion of Love, as we all do when we understand that God is Love.

So innumerable are the blessings which have come to me through Christian Science that I wish to express my gratitude in the hope that my experience may be of benefit to others. In 1917 word was sent me that my mother had lost her mind.

It is my desire to give testimony to God for the numerous blessings I have received, thanks to the teaching and practice of Christian Science. This Science, which was presented to me by a practitioner, brought our home precious comfort at a time when all seemed lost.

Christian Science was presented to me twenty years ago by a dear neighbor, who expressed so much good that I was led to inquire into this beautiful religion. The healings have been numerous, some instantaneous, others requiring more effort and consecration.

We have used no medicine in our home for many years, and all our problems have been solved by realizing the truth and expressing divine Love. We have been wonderfully protected.

The first Christian Science healing in our family occurred in 1889, when my paternal grandmother was healed of a nervous breakdown after all other means had failed. This was one of the first healings in this community.

Lately I recovered from sickness in which the sense of pain was so great that I wondered, at the time, if it would be possible for me ever to walk again. The practitioner was very faithful, and those about me most helpful, not only in giving me every needed physical care, but more particularly in obeying the instruction of our Leader, Mary Baker Eddy, in Science and Health ( p.

In the urgency of a hurried departure I was introduced to Christian Science by a request that I hold in thought, whenever exigency required, the statement, "God is All-in-all" ( Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, p.

As I have very often received encouragement from the testimonies of others, gratitude impels me to tell some of my experiences with Christian Science, which is demonstrable Christianity. It has quickly healed me of many physical ailments, such as measles, scarlet fever, severe colds, sprained ankle, influenza, ptomaine poisoning, strained ligaments, headache, and numerous other inharmonious conditions.

God is Love. In Him "we live, and move, and have our being.