Because of the many blessings my family and I have received since taking up the study of Christian Science, I am writing this testimony as an expression of gratitude. Christian Science has been the only physician in our home for more than fourteen years, and the understanding of God which I have gained through the study of the Christian Science textbook, Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy, together with the Bible, has been sufficient to meet my every need.
It was in 1922, when I was confined in a government sanitarium for the treatment of tuberculosis, contracted as a result of my experience in the World War, that Christian Science was presented to me. At that time I was satisfied with the treatment I was receiving and refused the help of a Christian Science practitioner. The examining physician gave me no hope that I would ever recover, yet I was so prejudiced against what I thought Christian Science to be that I would have nothing to do with it. A few weeks later I suffered an alarming relapse, during which I had several hemorrhages of the lungs. That experience proved again that "man's extremity is God's opportunity," for I turned to Christian Science for help. The improvement in my condition was immediate and sure, and from that day to this I have never had a recurrence of these attacks.
A short time after beginning the study of Christian Science, I had a very encouraging proof that "Truth has a healing effect, even when not fully understood" (Science and Health, p. 152). I had been reading the textbook but a few weeks when, in the small hours of the night, I awoke feeling the symptoms of an approaching hemorrhage. During my study of the textbook I had memorized "the scientific statement of being," found on page 468, and, although I little understood it, I repeated this over and over until I felt the symptoms disappear. This incident was repeated on several occasions during succeeding nights, and finally these attacks ceased to come, and they have never returned.
For this experience in the study and practical application of Christian Science I am deeply grateful. During the succeeding years the healing efficacy of Christian Science has been proved to me again and again. Colds, influenza, a case of a fractured rib, and many other ailments have been overcome, and our family has been protected on numerous occasions from discord, through our understanding of the truth as taught in Christian Science.
I am deeply grateful to God for His goodness; to Christ Jesus, the Way-shower; and to Mary Baker Eddy, who, in our times, has so ably restated the teachings of the Master, and of prophets and apostles, in a way that all who will, may understand.— Denver, Colorado.
Christian Science has done so much for me that I cannot find words to express my gratitude. For the past fourteen years it has met my every need and given me peace and happiness beyond description.
I took up the study of Christian Science in order to help my husband, who for many months had been suffering from a so-called incurable disease. From the very beginning of my reading Science and Health, I felt sure that I had at last found the right way, and was greatly uplifted and encouraged. I told my husband about this Science and persuaded him to have treatment; and from the first his condition improved. Although the improvement was slow, it was steady and has been permanent. We owe much to the kind and faithful practitioners during this period of seemingly slow healing. We have had many trials in the years since that wonderful experience, but have always been sustained and protected.
I have experienced healings of colds, headaches, and severe abdominal pains, and have been freed from a great amount of fear and worry.
I am glad that we are blessed with the lectures and with the literature of The Christian Science Publishing Society. The daily study of the Bible Lessons in the Christian Science Quarterly also brings us much joy and healing. More and more I can see how wise and loving our Leader, Mrs. Eddy, was to have given us the Church Manual for our guidance. I am very grateful to be a member of The Mother Church and of a branch church, and for having a small part in church activity.—
Christian Science always has been and is a great help to me. I am sure that without it I should be deprived of much happiness and joy. I am a student in junior high school, and in my schoolwork I have used it on many occasions.
One experience stands out in my mind most clearly. Mathematics had always seemed to be an extremely hard subject for me, and one day we were given an unexpected test in the subject. I was much alarmed and knew not what to do. I had forgotten completely how to do a certain kind of problem. The time was going swiftly, much to my dismay. Then I thought, God's child is perfect, and so cannot forget. Then an entirely different thought tempted me: You haven't time to work this out in Truth. Try to solve the problem anyway. But I worked again, knowing the truth about myself, and in a few seconds the teacher gave a slight hint as to how to do this kind of problem. Then, after thinking a bit, I suddenly say how to do it. I had but a little time left, and so worked rapidly. I finished on time and we exchanged papers for grading. I was surprised and, of course, overjoyed to find that I had received one hundred per cent on my paper, when it was passed back to me.
This is only one of the many healings and blessings I have received through the study of Christian Science, and I am indeed grateful. I am also grateful for the writings of Mary Baker Eddy and for the Christian Science periodicals.—
