Testimonies of Healing

Christian Science was first brought to us over thirteen years ago by a dear friend who had been healed of gallstones, and it is daily meeting our needs in sickness and in health, as we rely wholly upon it. It has been our only physician since 1916 in a family of eight.

I wish to express my sincere gratitude for the many blessings we have received through the study and application of Christian Science. We have great cause for gratitude in the healing of our eight-year-old son during an epidemic of infantile paralysis.

Years of suffering had taken me to the place where there was no desire to live, and, coupled with the uncertainty of a hereafter, I was most miserable. Sleepless nights had been my portion for many months; yet when I started to read the textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy, I had to keep my eyes open with my fingers while I tried to read one small paragraph.

I did not become interested in Christian Science for the purpose of obtaining help either physically or otherwise, as at that time I was enjoying the health which is common to healthy persons. If colds and grippe were prevalent I had them as a matter of course, and accepted them without knowing or understanding that they were not a part of real existence.

It has been with great gratitude that I have read the many and varied testimonies in the Journal and Sentinel, from which at all times I have found comfort and help. Now I should like.

At the time Christian Science found me I was a hopeless sufferer, struggling to find God and knowing I could be made well if only I could understand Him. After six years of suffering I was almost at the end, for the best physicians I could find in Houston, Texas, told me they could do nothing more for me.

A number of years ago some friends invited me to attend a Wednesday evening testimony meeting. I attended several meetings after that, and was much impressed with what I heard; but I did not accept Christian Science at that time.

Christian Science was first lovingly presented to me by a friend sixteen years ago, when our son, then about eight months old, had been under the care of a physician for some time, suffering from malaria. The doctor had used every means that he knew of to prevent the return of the chills and fever, but without success.

For some time previous to my knowing anything about Christian Science I had felt disappointed with the results of my religion. I had been brought up in the Church of England, but felt in the latter years that I was not getting what the Bible promised.

I wish to express my gratitude for the many blessings that have come to me through the study of Christian Science. I decided to try it for the overcoming of constipation of eight years' standing.