Testimonies of Healing

As a child I was extremely shy and retiring, and as I grew older this condition became more pronounced. In high school I realized I had not made a single friend among my classmates, and after graduation I found myself very lonely and very much afraid of what the future might bring.

At the age of four, as I repeated the Lord's Prayer aloud to a Christian Science practitioner whom my parents had met, I was healed instantaneously of a severe case of scarlet fever. My parents were not Christian Scientists, but the seed of Truth sown in my consciousness at that time sprang up in an earnest desire to attend a Christian Science Sunday School when I was thirteen.

About two years ago I became ill, suffering from a serious condition affecting my back, and I was unable to get out of bed or to move without severe pain. My husband called a Christian Science practitioner for help for me, which was promptly and lovingly given through prayer.

Once, while stationed in a picturesque village in southern Germany, I climbed to the summit of the Kofel, a peak of gray granite, rising three thousand feet above the valley. Thirteen years passed, and in March, 1960, I found myself being discharged from a military hospital having suffered what had been diagnosed as a cardiac infraction.

I wish to express my sincere gratitude for Christian Science. Many experiences of healing have proved to me that Science, when correctly applied to everyday problems, does help us to solve these problems and thus experience more harmony.

For the privilege of being reared in a home where both parents were Christian Scientists and for attendance at a Christian Science Sunday School until the age of twenty, I am deeply grateful. On page 3 of her work "Unity of Good," Mrs.

Christian Science was first presented to me by a friend while I was in a hospital taking the training course for nurses. At first I doubted and disbelieved the Christian Science healings of which my friend told me.

I am one who was healed by reading the Christian Science textbook by Mrs. Eddy.

Christian Science has so transformed my life for the better that I feel impelled to share this unfoldment with others who may be searching for the truth. About thirteen years ago, when I was without proper employment or a permanent home and had a young son to bring up single-handed, Christian Science was presented to me.

Our Leader tells us in Science and Health ( p. 57 ): "Happiness is spiritual, born of Truth and Love.