Testimony of Healing October 21, 1911 Issue

Hoping that my experience may through the power of...

John Carter

Hoping that my experience may through the power of divine Love lead some other weary wanderer to know the truth that has been of such inestimable value to me, I give this testimony to some of the many blessings which have been mine since coming into Christian Science about four years ago. While never a confirmed invalid, yet for many long years I suffered from stomach trouble, melancholy, and nervousness, so much so that I often wished that He whom I was taught to believe was a God of love would take me to Himself.

In 1892 a copy of "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" was loaned me. I did not, however, study it, but simply gave it a cursory perusal; therefore I did not derive from it the benefit that I should have. I had before this very little faith in drugs as a remedy for my ills, and the reading of Science and Health destroyed that little. I had also lost the simple trust in the God of my childhood. I believed that there must be a first cause or creator; that He must be the author of good and evil, and therefore not a God of love, and from a human standpoint not a God of intelligence. I was so sure of my own conclusions that I ridiculed the idea of ever again putting my trust in such a creator.

I had often heard of the healing done in Christian Science and noted the criticisms of the press. I was, however, inclined to be liberal, on the ground that I had not given the subject a fair investigation, but was of the opinion that the healing came about through the power of mind over matter. This mental state, to one who had been a member of an orthodox church and a Sabbath school teacher, was not conducive to happiness, and while for many years the Bible was a closed book to me, except for ridicule, yet I longed for the truth and for a God whom I could love. I often wished for the simple faith or trust in God which I saw in many of my friends. As through all ages, the question "What is truth?" had often appealed to me, also the statement of Christ, "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." A casual visit to a Christian Science church, and the more than average intelligence depicted in the happy faces of its members, caused me to think that they must have what I so badly needed, namely, the truth.

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