Testimonies of Healing
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.
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.
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.
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.
Only as we perfect our concept of God and man, and act so as to conform to God's image, can we prove our gratitude for the understanding we have gained. I, also, am very grateful for membership in The Mother Church.
It is with a deep sense of gratitude that I verify the above testimony of my mother. I, too, have been healed of many discordant conditions.
" Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. " With this as a beginning, I should like to relate my wonderful, yet very simple healing through Christian Science.
Through God's loving mercy I was healed ten years ago when I turned to Christian Science for help. I had been in bed six months on a liquid diet, and had been almost an invalid for several years prior to that time.
" Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest," is the promise of Christian Science to all mankind. I can give grateful testimony to the rich fulfillment of this promise in my own experience.
My first impression of Christian Science filled me with antagonism and resentment toward Mrs. Eddy, and toward those who found interest in what she had written.