Testimony of Healing December 24, 1904 Issue

When I first heard of Christian Science I was a helpless...

E. B. Neubauer

When I first heard of Christian Science I was a helpless invalid, had four operations, and had passed through every phase of materia medica, hygiene, electricity, and massage. I will not try to describe the suffering of those seven or eight years,—the long, sleepless nights, when it seemed as if my mind would give way under the strain of nervous forebodings. Narcotics and nervines had ceased to give any relief, and I turned to Christian Science in desperation with no other thought than the hope of physical aid. But when the wondrous beauty of the Christ-truth poured in upon my awakening consciousness and uplifted thought, it seemed to touch with new life every fiber of my being. Health was now no longer the main object of my seeking, but to learn of the things of God. As fear, superstition, ignorance, and the ugly images of human thought were blotted out, the hidden reality of good was revealed.

Though I still have many battles to fight, I have learned that each trial of my faith in God has been a stepping-stone to higher understanding, and I know that this is but the beginning of the end, when all our sorrows, sickness, and sins will be cast into the sea of oblivion. What greater joy could come to us than the realization of our unity with Christ,—the divine reflection, the captain of our salvation, our Elder Brother who goes before us, hallows the path we walk, purifies the air we breathe, and shields us from moral, and physical evil? Surely the clouds of human belief are riven, and Christian Science, the sunlight of heaven, is shining into the darkened places of mortal thought. In the five years I have been in Science there has been no material remedy used in my family, consisting of eight members. Many conditions of error have been overcome in that time, and our constant prayer is that God may enlighten all mankind, and save them from the poor conditions of thought which would limit good in any direction, and that we may become worthy followers of the one whom God has appointed to direct His Cause.

Mrs. E. B. Neubauer, Lynchburg, Va.

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