Testimonies of Healing

As a child and young woman I was never strong and was frequently ill. After leaving school I was constantly under the care of physicians.

Christian Science has done so much for me that the words in the Manual of The Mother Church ( Art. XVII, Sect.

I wish to express my sincere gratitude for Christian Science, together with my profound reverence for Mary Baker Eddy, its Discoverer and Founder. From boyhood I had suffered with a badly diseased throat and for over thirty years with a serious stomach and intestinal disease.

Many years ago I heard my mother mention Christian Science, and later the subject was brought up in a Sunday school class which I attended. The desire which, we are told on page 1 of the textbook, "is prayer" was born in my consciousness to know and understand something of this religion.

I can never express in words my great gratitude for Christian Science and for all that it has brought into my life, especially the understanding I am gaining of the ever-presence of God and His angels. "Angels" are defined, in part, by Mrs.

That God is not only able but willing to heal, guide, and protect each one of His children, as we are taught in Christian Science, has been proved to me so conclusively recently, and on several previous occasions, that I feel I should share my experiences and express my gratitude through our periodicals. I was involved in an automobile collision in which I was thrown headforemost against the windshield of my car.

It is many years since I took up the study of Christian Science and it has been a wonderful help to me. One of my first healings was of weak eyes.

Nineteen years ago I turned to Christian Science as the last resort. For three years I had been under doctors' care, and they had been very kind and had done all they could to help me.

In the year 1895 I first heard of Christian Science. I was told by a friend that a lady by the name of Mary Baker Eddy who lived in Concord, New Hampshire, had discovered Christ Jesus' method of healing the sick, and had named her discovery Christian Science.

With a heart full of joy and gratitude I wish to give my testimony as follows: I came to Christian Science only after experiencing a deep sense of discouragement because life seemed vain, and presented so much injustice. I made the acquaintance of a Christian Science practitioner, who seemed to me the embodiment of peace and rest.