Testimonies of Healing

As a student of Christian Science who has much to be thankful for I want to tell of what this new-old religion has done for me during the sixteen years that I have endeavored to follow its teachings. For many years I had little interest in religion.

I am so grateful for my healing of asthma that I should like to tell it to everyone suffering from this malady. When every known remedy had failed and I was given no hope by the doctors, except temporary relief, I consented to try Christian Science, still feeling that I was beyond help.

I am grateful for finding God, and learning that He is good and does not send discords to punish man. In the healing of our son there was no medicine used after help was asked from a Christian Science practitioner.

Christian Science has healed disease and discord for me many times. Over seven years ago my son, who was four years old at the time, fell from the front seat of a car which was traveling twenty-five miles an hour.

I first heard of Christian Science in 1912, when I was instantaneously healed of a very badly sprained ankle. I attended church services a few times, and when, about July, 1913, a dear little sister was taken violently ill with gangrenous appendicitis and the attending physician gave us no hope of her recovery, I told her of the Lord's Prayer as understood in Christian Science.

I was brought up to read and study the Bible, and all my life had desired to understand what I read. I had earnestly prayed to a great power that I knew must exist to help me to understand how to be good; but as I grew to womanhood and then to motherhood I found that I needed more than ever to understand; for it seemed that my prayers were not answered.

I removed the two wisdom teeth for Miss Dorothea A. Davis, as stated in her testimony.

Some years ago my dentist thought it necessary to remove a wisdom tooth that had come through the gums in a semiupright position. This dentist knew that I was a Christian Scientist, and I asked him if he would extract the tooth without using any kind of anæsthetic.

I think it might be a help to others to tell what I owe to Christian Science. It was during the war, and in a time of great trial, that I got my first glimpse of the meaning of the words, "God is love"; and that understanding was the greatest joy and comfort I ever had.

Gratitude impels me to send this testimony and to acknowledge a few of the numerous blessings that have come to me through the study and application of Christian Science. When it was first presented to me I accepted it more as a religion than as a healing power, but it was not very long before I realized that Christian Science heals the sick and the sinning.