Testimony of Healing August 28, 1909 Issue

It is more than three years ago that I came into Christian Science...

Corinne Hague

It is more than three years ago that I came into Christian Science, and I now feel impelled, by a sense of duty and also of gratitude, to make public my acknowledgment of what it has done for me. For three years I had suffered with almost all the ills that "flesh is heir to," principally with those which are peculiar to women. I also had a bowel disorder and headaches, and I suffered dreadfully with my eyes. We had tried no less than twelve different physicians, three of whom were prominent specialists. I was then residing in St. Louis, Mo., where I underwent a most serious and painful operation, and was laid up in a hospital for five weeks. Although the operation was pronounced a success at the time, it soon became apparent that it had not removed my trouble. A second one was suggested by my physician, who said I now had appendicitis and that the operation was absolutely necessary, as without it I could not live six months.

At this same time I was being treated by a noted oculist for my eyes. I had been undergoing this treatment for eighteen months, and had been told that it would take three years to cure my eyes, also that I would have to wear glasses all my life. I suffered more than I can tell, at times being almost blind with pain. Under these circumstances, life became a burden to me. I was so discouraged that I did not want to live. I was a burden to myself and those around me, and I longed for the end to come. It seemed as if we had tried every available material means for the restoration of my health, but all to no purpose.

About this time I had become acquainted with a few Christian Scientists, and at their recommendation I resolved to try this form of treatment. I had a rather vague idea of its meaning, and must confess I had little or no faith in it, although I felt curious to know more about it. When I entered the practitioner's office, a feeling of peace and harmony came over me, such as I had seldom felt. With the first treatment I took off my glasses, and have never for one instant since felt the need of them; and in seven treatments I was entirely healed of all my diseases. I shall never forget the light that burst in upon me when I was told that God made everything and pronounced it good. It was a revelation to me. Up to this time I had been groping in the dark, as it were. I seemed to realize all at once that sickness was not "good," so God did not make it; therefore it was not real, and had no power over me. I soon became an interested student of Christian Science, for I saw what wonderful truths it contained. What indeed can be grander or more sublime than this noble thought, which knows not of evil or discord of any kind, but which rather holds steadfastly to God's unalterable law of love and peace and harmony eternal.

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