Testimonies of Healing

From childhood I had enjoyed the study of the Bible and many times pondered over the words, "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world," and, "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. " Yet when any reference to the Bible as a present help was made, I received the reply, "Some day God will make it plain to you.

Many have been the blessings which I have received through the understanding of God gained from the teachings of Christian Science. It was first presented to me about twenty years ago by a friend who had had healings, and who gave me a Christian Science Sentinel to read.

It is with a thankful heart I offer my testimony about the healing that has come into my life through Christian Science. One physician had told me that I had cancer, and another that he had done all that could be done and that I should have to consult a specialist.

In more than forty years of direct contact with Christian Science, I have experienced many results of its healing ministry. My parents had class instruction in Christian Science before I was born, and I am deeply grateful for the benefits derived from the early training in this Science which they gave me.

At one time I injured one of my fingers. The ligaments were so torn that the finger drooped.

Christian Science has been the source of many blessings to me, both physical and mental. Sixteen years ago I took up the study of this wonderful truth after witnessing my wife's instantaneous healing of ulcers of the stomach.

In the hope that my experience of healing in Christian Science may bless and help others, I relate the following facts. I did not come into this Science for physical healing.

Christian Science was first brought to us at a time when all material means had failed to relieve me of constant suffering in my face, which affected my eyesight to the extent that I was hardly able to see to read a letter. For this disease I underwent an operation in 1913, in one of the leading hospitals here.

For many years I have been a student of Christian Science, and it has met my every need to the extent that I have lived its teachings. I have learned through many experiences that we have a dependable religion which never fails; and that any seeming failure is due to lack of proper application.

About eight years ago I was in bondage to the appetite for alcohol, which I was said to have inherited. On pondering over my healing recently I can see it might be likened to the case of the man who was "laid daily at the gate of the temple" and asked alms of Peter and John.