Testimonies of Healing

Christian Science found me at a time which I can truthfully say was to me as "man's extremity," and which proved to be "God's opportunity. " I was suffering from an incipient cancer, and had tried all sorts of medicine, osteopathy, and finally surgery, after which I was assured my health would be better than ever; yet I found myself worse than before, due to weakness and infection which caused me to visit the doctor for treatment for almost a year.

When Christian Science was introduced into our home, twenty-five years ago, I did not foresee the tremendous influence for good which it was to bring to me and to several members of my family. Since our whole-hearted acceptance of Christian Science it has indeed been a "pearl of great price.

I am very grateful for the better understanding of God which the study of Christian Science is bringing to me daily. For many years I did not attend any church, as the various religions I had studied seemed very unsatisfactory.

I was a prisoner in the flesh, bound on all sides by false doctrines and worshiping false gods. That the power of materia medica was greater than God's power I did not question, thus ignorantly breaking the First Commandment, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

Christian Science was first brought to my attention in 1910. At that time the seed of Truth was sown in my consciousness, but it did not bear much fruit until 1917, when I turned whole-heartedly to Christian Science after passing through very deep waters.

My prejudice against Christian Science (about which I had heard adverse criticism, but really knew nothing) was broken down when a relative was healed by Christian Science treatment. Shortly after this I attended for the first time a Sunday morning service held in a hall by a small group of Christian Scientists.

I did not take up the study of Christian Science for physical healing, but because I felt starved for love. The orthodox church of which I was a regular attendant did not meet my need, nor could I find relief in my study of the Bible.

Each day I am increasingly grateful that I am living in the age to which Christian Science, the greatest discovery of all time, has been presented to bless mankind. The responsibility of demonstrating the truths that it teaches and of establishing in ourselves the spiritual sense which Mrs.

Christian Science was introduced into our home in 1916, when we were given a Christian Science Hymnal. We often played and enjoyed the more familiar hymns.

It is a glad privilege to be able to testify to the healing and regenerating power of Christian Science. I first heard of it thirty years ago, at a time when I had been in bondage to sickness and depression for three years.