Testimony of Healing March 4, 1905 Issue

Like a great many others, I was brought to the foot of...

C. Johnston

Like a great many others, I was brought to the foot of the cross through suffering. Christian Science found me a little over four years ago, a mental and physical wreck. My home had been broken up through sickness, and my husband sent out of this state on account of having consumption in its last stages hanging over him. I had undergone two operations and was told by the doctors that my only hope of relief from suffering would be to undergo another operation. I should at that time have consented to it, had I had the means, but being without money, and nearly without friends, I turned to Christian Science. It was truly a case when man's extremity is God's opportunity. I knew nothing of Science, but I had reached the stage where I cared not what it was, all that I wanted was relief. I was surprised when told by the practitioner that Christian Scientists rely entirely upon God for help. I became very hopeful when told that God could heal all my sickness, and I expected to be helped at once; which did not prove to be the case, as mine was a very slow case of healing. At times I became discouraged, and would tell the practitioner that I thought I would give up the treatment. I was then trying to study Science and Health, but seemed unable to understand it. This lady in her kind and gentle way would lead me to other thoughts, and would ask me to be patient a while longer and let Truth do its perfect work.

Truth has done its work with me. Christian Science alone has healed me. I realize to—day that "the inward man" had to be purified before the outward man could become pure. The ailment that drove me to Science was on my face, which was completely covered with sores, and I was ashamed to go out on the street, ashamed to have any one see me. In my anxiety to be rid of this, I seemed to lose sight of my other troubles. I am to—day a living example of what this grand truth can do for humanity.

Like many others, the physical healing seems small to me compared to the spiritual uplifting that I have found in Christian Science. Words seem weak to express my gratitude to God for sending the truth once more to suffering humanity, through Mrs. Eddy. Through it I have been lifted out of sickness, poverty, and despair, into health and a comfortable and loving home. I realize that only by truly striving to follow the Master's commands and reflecting more of the Divine character, as we are taught in Science and Health, can we stand before the world as his true disciples and let our lives speak for us.

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