Testimony of Healing October 8, 1921 Issue

I have abundant reasons to be grateful for the healing...

Anna Hernandez

I have abundant reasons to be grateful for the healing power of Christian Science. A number of years ago I received a severe internal strain in overlifting, which resulted in my going to the doctors in search of relief from great pain, but after several years of material medicine in various forms I was worse off than before. Each physician who attended me diagnosed my case differently, but none gave me any relief. One doctor gave me such strong medicine that the pain resulting from its use was indescribable.

This experience turned me against all doctors, although I was still hoping that some agency might heal me. I continued using herbs and several kinds of "home treatments," notwithstanding which I became increasingly worse and there was apparently not one sound organ in my body. My heart was so weak I could scarcely walk; I was constantly swelled about the abdomen, and had an aggravated form of piles which kept me awake a great deal at night, and for one year I did not have a natural movement of the bowels. Added to all this, my head ached constantly and an abnormal pressure of blood resulted in my eyes bulging unnaturally, accompanied by great pain. Indeed, I became entirely blind in the left eye. At stated intervals a cancerous growth, which had formed in my right breast, would harden and swell painfully, the pain extending to the shoulder, making my right arm lame. I truly believe I was one of the greatest sufferers upon earth, for life was a nightmare of pain, which resulted in mental unbalance.

After all material means had failed, and everything had been tried, Christian Science was presented to me. I am grateful to say that even in the state of thought I was in at the time, quickly grasped the truth as taught in the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy, and I was healed through reading this book. In a short time after beginning to read I was healed of an internal tumor from which I had suffered for many years; the abnormal growth in my breast disappeared and has never returned; the blindness was healed, and experienced peace of mind and joy. My young son was healed of hives in one treatment, and we have been blessed in all ways through the truth which makes us truly free. I am so glad that I can teach my child this pure truth which Jesus taught, and which Mrs. Eddy discerned and gave to us, and that he need never suffer from the fear which his mother passed through. The Christian Science Monitor has been a great help to me educationally, and the Sentinel and Journal have given me a great deal of joy and comfort. Through Christian Science, life has become a blessing instead of a burden, and I shall never cease to be grateful to Mary Baker Eddy.