Testimony of Healing December 9, 1905 Issue

A little less than two years ago, I was very despondent...

Rose J. Webster

A little less than two years ago, I was very despondent and depressed over business affairs. Not being able to meet my bills, the constant worry over financial problems brought on a morbid condition, and the world looked very dark indeed. I had been a member of an orthodox church and taught in the Sunday School for years. This church was very dear to me, but at this time it seemed impossible to get any help or comfort from it, although I was faithful in attendance and prayed very earnestly for deliverance from my seeming difficulties. My spiritual life seemed on the wane, and I could find no way out of this condition.

In this frame of mind I called on a Christian Scientist friend with whom I had previously tried to argue about Christian Science. I always acknowledged that the Scientist had something better than I, in the healing power, but I also felt that I could never be a Christian Scientist, because I believed material baptism and communion were essentials without which no one could enter the kingdom of heaven. I called on this friend, and asked her if she thought Christian Science would help me. I needed something to lift me out of the gloom, and if there was anything good in Science and Health I must have it. I decided to purchase a copy, and I have never regretted the amount invested, for the benefits received therefrom can never be paid.

I feel that I owe our dear Leader an everlasting indebtedness for bringing such a blessing to mankind. Science and Health was a revelation to me. I could not leave it. I devoured its contents from morning until night. I had thought before that I knew the Bible; but studying it in connection with Science and Health I found that heretofore I had eyes and saw not, and ears and heard not. I knew it was the truth which makes free.

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