Testimony of Healing May 17, 1913 Issue

I think there are very few people who have more reason...

Norah Greville Woods

I think there are very few people who have more reason to be grateful for Christian Science than I have. Before I came to it I never remember being able to say that I was quite well. I had been under doctors and had taken every drug that could possibly be thought of, as well as having gone through every description of illness for twenty-three years. Every night for over thirteen years I had taken drugs to induce sleep; indeed I thought it as necessary to take a sleeping draft and a stimulant at night as it was to take food; but when these things began to lose their effect, I suffered from an intense fear of the night, and at last prayed to die, thinking I would then get rest and peace.

Besides the other ailments, I suffered from an internal weakness, and could only walk short distances, being obliged to lie down a great deal; and although I had several operations I was no better. I got into an absolutely hopeless condition, and when treatment in a nursing home in Manchester two years ago proved a complete failure, I turned to Christian Science, determined to give it a fair trial. It was a little while before I was able entirely to give up the sleeping draft and stimulant at night, but the practitioner who helped me, encouraged me, and told me to press on, and these things would all go, for my general health had almost immediately begun to improve after taking treatment. I worked and studied very earnestly in Christian Science, never leaving it alone, and after a few months I was able with great joy to give up all dependence upon material remedies, and now for eighteen months I have been perfectly well. I can eat anything, whereas before I came into Christian Science I was greatly limited in this respect I now sleep well, can walk long distances, and play golf. Nor is this all, for my whole life is changed. In knowing God through the understanding of Christian Science, I know what it is to have the only real peace, that which brings rest, and true happiness, and I no longer wish to die, as I know God to be the Life of man.

My thankfulness to God is very great, but difficult to express in words. I am indeed grateful to our beloved Leader, Mrs. Eddy, for giving to us this beautiful religion, and to the kind friends who were so patient in helping me when I was in such terrible bondage. I feel I can say, like the psalmist, "It is good for me that I have been afflicted," for "before I was afflicted I went astray; but now have I kept thy word." My most earnest prayer is that all those who are dear to me may be brought to the knowledge of this healing truth, Christian Science, that I may daily grow in its understanding, and that my faith may be proven by my works.

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